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diff --git a/43626-0.txt b/43626-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b11d872 --- /dev/null +++ b/43626-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6745 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43626 *** + +CURIOUS EPITAPHS + + + + +[Illustration: OLD SCARLETT, THE PETERBOROUGH SEXTON.] + + + + + CURIOUS EPITAPHS + + _COLLECTED FROM THE GRAVEYARDS OF + GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND_, + + WITH + + Biographical, Genealogical, and + Historical Notes. + + + BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S., + + Member of the Derbyshire Archæological and Natural History + Society. + + Secretary of the Hull Literary Club. + + Local Secretary of the National Society for Preserving the + Memorials of the Dead. + + Author of "Historic Romance," "Historic Yorkshire," + "Punishments in the Olden Time," "Book of Oddities," + "History of the Dunmow Flitch," etc. + + + LONDON: + HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND COMPANY. + + + + + PRINTED BY + CHARLES HENRY BARNWELL, HULL. + + + + + TO + WILLIAM, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G., + ETC., ETC., + THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY + HIS GRACE'S KIND PERMISSION, + AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT AND + FAVOURS BESTOWED + WHEN THEY WERE MOST NEEDED. + W. A. + + + + +Preface. + + +For many years I have collected curious epitaphs, and in this volume I +offer the result of my gleanings. An attempt is herein made to furnish a +book, not compiled from previously published works, but a collection of +curious inscriptions copied from gravestones. Some of the chapters have +appeared under my name in _Chambers's Journal_, _Illustrated Sporting and +Dramatic News_, _Newcastle Courant_, _People's Journal_, (Dundee), _Press +News_, and other publications. I have included a Bibliography of Epitaphs, +believing that it will be useful to those who desire to obtain more +information on the subject than is presented here. I have not seen any +other bibliography of this class of literature, and as a first attempt it +must be incomplete. In compiling it I have had the efficient aid of Mr. W. +G. B. Page, of the Hull Subscription Library, who has also prepared the +Index. + +I must tender my thanks to the following friends for their valued +assistance: Mrs. Geo. Linnæus Banks, author of the "Manchester Man," Mr. +W. G. Fretton, F.S.A., Mr. Walter Hamilton, F.R.G.S., Mr. Jno. H. Leggott, +F.R.H.S., Rev. R. V. Taylor, B.A., Mr. H. Vickery, and others whose names +appear in the following pages. + +In conclusion, I hope that this book will merit from readers and reviewers +a similar welcome to that granted to my former works; in that case I shall +have every reason to be satisfied with my pleasant labour. + +WILLIAM ANDREWS. + + _Hull Literary Club_, + October 1st, 1883. + + + + +Contents. + + + EPITAPHS ON PARISH CLERKS AND SEXTONS 1 + + TYPOGRAPHICAL EPITAPHS 14 + + EPITAPHS ON SPORTSMEN 21 + + EPITAPHS ON TRADESMEN 33 + + BACCHANALIAN EPITAPHS 54 + + EPITAPHS ON SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 65 + + PUNNING EPITAPHS 84 + + EPITAPHS ON MUSICIANS AND ACTORS 90 + + EPITAPHS ON NOTABLE PERSONS 108 + + MISCELLANEOUS EPITAPHS 150 + + BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EPITAPHS 157 + + INDEX 173 + + + + +Curious Epitaphs. + + + + +EPITAPHS ON PARISH CLERKS AND SEXTONS. + + +Amongst the most curious of the many peculiar epitaphs which are to be +found in the quiet resting-places of the departed are those placed to the +memory of parish clerks and sextons. We have noted at various times, and +at different places, many strange specimens, a few of which we think will +entertain our readers. + +In the churchyard of Crayford is a grave-stone bearing the following +inscription:-- + + Here lieth the body + OF + PETER ISNELL, + Thirty years clerk of this Parish. + He lived respected as a pious and mirthful man, and died on his + way to church to assist at a wedding, + On the 31st day of March, 1811, + Aged 70 years. + + The inhabitants of Crayford have raised this stone to his cheerful + memory, and as a tribute to his long and faithful services. + + The life of this clerk, just three score and ten, + Nearly half of which time he had sung out "Amen;" + In youth he was married, like other young men, + But his wife died one day, so he chanted "Amen." + A second he took, she departed--what then? + He married and buried a third with "Amen." + Thus his joys and his sorrows were treble, but then + His voice was deep bass, as he sung out "Amen." + On the horn he could blow as well as most men; + So his horn was exalted to blowing "Amen." + But he lost all his wind after three score and ten, + And here, with three wives, he awaits till again + The trumpet shall rouse him to sing out "Amen." + +In addition to being parish clerk, Frank Raw, of Selby, Yorkshire, was a +grave-stone cutter, for we are told:-- + + Here lies the body of poor Frank Raw, + Parish clerk and grave-stone cutter, + And this is writ to let you know + What Frank for others used to do, + Is now for Frank done by another. + +The next epitaph, placed to the memory of a parish clerk and +bellows-maker, was formerly in the old church of All Saints, +Newcastle-on-Tyne:-- + + Here lies Robert Wallas, + The King of Good Fellows, + Clerk of All-Hallows, + And maker of bellows. + +On a slate head-stone, near the south porch of Bingham Church, +Nottinghamshire, is inscribed:-- + + Beneath this stone lies Thomas Hart, + Years fifty eight he took the part + Of Parish Clerk: few did excel. + Correct he read and sung so well; + His words distinct, his voice so clear, + Till eighteen hundred and fiftieth year. + Death cut the brittle thread, and then + A period put to his Amen. + At eighty-two his breath resigned, + To meet the fate of all mankind; + The third of May his soul took flight + To mansions of eternal light. + The bell for him with awful tone + His body summoned to the tomb. + Oh! may his sins be all forgiv'n + And Christ receive him into heav'n. + +In the same county, from the churchyard of Ratcliffe on Soar, we have a +curious epitaph to the memory of Robert Smith, who died in 1782, aged 82 +years:-- + + Fifty-five years it was, and something more, + Clerk of this parish he the office bore, + And in that space, 'tis awful to declare, + Two generations buried by him were! + +In a note by Mr. Llewllynn Jewitt, F.S.A., we are told that with the +clerkship of Bakewell church, the "vocal powers" of its holders, appear +to have been to some extent hereditary, if we may judge by the +inscriptions recording the deaths and the abilities of two members of the +family of Roe which are found on grave-stones in the churchyard there. The +first of these, recording the death of Samuel Roe, is as under:-- + + To + The memory of + SAMUEL ROE, + Clerk + Of the Parish Church of Bakewell, + Which office + He filled thirty-five years + With credit to himself + And satisfaction to the Inhabitants. + His natural powers of voice, + In clearness, strength, and sweetness + Were altogether unequalled. + He died October 31st, 1792, + Aged 70 years. + died aged + Sarah his third wife | 1811 | 77 + Charles their son | 1810 | 52 + +He had three wives, Millicent, who died in 1745, aged 22; Dorothy, who +died 1754, aged 28; and Sarah, who survived him and died in 1811, at the +age of 77. A grave-stone records the death of his first two wives as +follows, and the third is commemorated in the above inscription. + + Millicent, + Wife of Saml Roe, + She died Sepr 16th, 1745, aged 22. + + Dorothy, + Wife of Saml Roe, + She died Novr 13th, 1754, aged 28. + +Respecting the above-mentioned Samuel Roe, a contributor to the +_Gentleman's Magazine_ wrote, on February 13th, 1794: + +"Mr. Urban, + +"It was with much concern that I read the epitaph upon Mr. Roe, in your +last volume, p. 1192. Upon a little tour which I made in Derbyshire, in +1789, I met with that worthy and very intelligent man at Bakewell, and, in +the course of my antiquarian researches there, derived no inconsiderable +assistance from his zeal and civility. If he did not possess the learning +of his namesake, your old and valuable correspondent, I will venture to +declare that he was not less influenced by a love and veneration for +antiquity, many proofs of which he had given by his care and attention to +the monuments in the church, which were committed to his charge; for he +united the characters of sexton, clerk, singing-master, will-maker, and +school-master. Finding that I was quite alone, he requested permission to +wait upon me at the inn in the evening, urging, as a reason for this +request, that he must be exceedingly gratified by the conversation of a +gentleman who could read the characters upon the monument of Vernon, the +founder of Haddon House, a treat he had not met with for many years. After +a very pleasant gossip we parted, but not till my honest friend had, +after some apparent struggle, begged of me to indulge him with my name." + +To his careful attention is to be attributed the preservation of the +curious Vernon and other monuments in the church, over which in some +instances he placed wooden framework to keep off the rough hands and +rougher knives of the boys and young men of the congregation. He also +watched with special care over the Wendesley tomb, and even took careful +rubbings of the inscriptions. + +While speaking of this Mr. Roe, it may be well to put the readers of this +work in possession of an interesting fact in connection with the name of +Roe, or Row. The writer above, in his letter to Mr. Urban, says, "If he +did not possess the learning of his namesake, your old and valued +correspondent," &c. By this he means "T Row," whose contributions to the +_Gent's. Mag._ were very numerous and interesting. The writer under this +signature was the Rev. Samuel Pegge, rector of Whittington, and the +letters forming this pseudonym were the initials of the words, T[he] +R[ector] O[f] W[hittington]. + +Philip Roe, who succeeded his father (Samuel Roe) as parish clerk of +Bakewell, was his son by his third wife. He was born in 1763, and +succeeded his father in full parochial honours in 1792, having, we +believe, for some time previously acted as his deputy. He died in 1815, +aged 52 years, and was buried with the other members of the family. The +following curious inscription appears on his grave-stone:-- + + Erected + In remembrance of + PHILIP ROE + _who died 12th September, 1815_ + AGED 52 YEARS. + + The vocal Powers here let us mark + Of Philip our late Parish Clerk + In Church none ever heard a Layman + With a clearer Voice say "Amen!" + Who now with Hallelujahs Sound + Like Him can make the Roofs rebound? + The Choir lament his Choral Tones + The Town--so soon Here lie his Bones. + "Sleep undisturb'd within thy peaceful shrine + Till Angels wake thee with such notes as thine." + + Also of SARAH his wife + who departed this life on the + 24th of January 1817 + aged 51 years. + +Our genial friend, Cuthbert Bede, B.A., author of "Verdant Green," tells +us, "As a boy I often attended the service at Belbroughton Church, +Worcestershire, where the parish clerk was Mr. Osborne, tailor. His family +had there been parish clerks and tailors since the time of Henry the +Eighth, and were lineally descended from William FitzOsborne, who, in the +twelfth century, had been deprived by Ralph FitzHerbert of his right to +the manor of Bellem, in the parish of Belbroughton. Often have I stood in +the picturesque churchyard of Wolverley, Worcestershire, by the grave of +its old parish clerk, whom I well remember, old Thomas Worrall, the +inscription on whose monument is as follows:-- + + Sacred to the Memory of + THOMAS WORRALL, + Parish Clerk of Wolverley for a period of forty-seven years. + Died A.D. 1854, February 23rd. + Aged 76 years. + + "He served with faithfulness in humble sphere, + As one who could his talent well employ. + Hope that when Christ his Lord shall reappear, + He may be bidden to his Master's joy." + + This tombstone was erected to the memory of the deceased + by a few of the parishioners in testimony of his worth. + + April, 1855. Charles R. Somers Cocks, vicar. + +It may be noted of this worthy parish clerk that, with the exception of a +week or two before his death, he was never once absent from his Sunday and +weekday duties in the forty-seven years during which he held office. He +succeeded his father, James Worrall, who died in 1806, aged seventy-nine, +after being parish clerk of Wolverley for thirty years. His tombstone, +near to that of his son, was erected "to record his worth both in his +public and private character, and as a mark of personal esteem--h. l. F. +H. & W. C. p. c." I am told that these initials stand for F. Hurtle and +the Rev. William Callow, and that the latter was the author of the +following lines inscribed on the monument, which are well worth quoting:-- + + "If courtly bards adorn each statesman's bust, + And strew their laurels o'er each warrior's dust + Alike immortalise, as good and great, + Him who enslaved as him who saved the state, + Surely the muse (a rustic minstrel) may + Drop one wild flower upon a poor man's clay; + This artless tribute to his mem'ry give + Whose life was such as heroes seldom live. + In worldly knowledge, poor indeed his store-- + He knew the village and he scarce knew more. + The worth of heavenly truth he justly knew-- + In faith a Christian, and in practice too. + Yes, here lies one, excel him ye who can; + Go! imitate the virtues of that man!" + +First amongst notable sextons is the name of Old Scarlett, who died July +2, 1591, at the good old age of ninety-eight, and occupied for a long time +the position as sexton of Peterborough Cathedral. He buried two +generations of his fellow-creatures. A portrait of him, placed at the west +end of that noble church, has perpetuated his fame, and caused him to be +introduced in effigy in various publications. Dr. Robert Chambers in his +entertaining work, the "Book of Days," writes: "And what a lively +effigy--short, stout, hardy, and self-complacent, perfectly satisfied, and +perhaps even proud, of his profession, and content to be exhibited with +all its insignia about him! Two queens had passed through his hands into +that bed which gives a lasting rest to queens and to peasants alike. An +officer of Death, who had so long defied his principal, could not but have +made some impression on the minds of bishop, dean, prebends, and other +magnates of the Cathedral, and hence, as we may suppose, the erection of +this lively portraiture of the old man, which is believed to have been +only once renewed since it was first put up. Dr. Dibdin, who last copied +it, tells us that 'Old Scarlett's jacket and trunkhose are of a brownish +red, his stockings blue, his shoes black, tied with blue ribbons, and the +soles of his feet red. The cap upon his head is red, and so also is the +ground of the coat armour.'" + +The following lines below his portrait are characteristic of his age:-- + + You see old Scarlett's picture stand on hie; + But at your feet here doth his body lye. + His gravestone doth his age and death-time show, + His office by heis token [s] you may know. + Second to none for strength and sturdy lymm, + A scare-babe mighty voice, with visage grim; + He had inter'd two queenes within this place, + And this townes householders in his life's space + Twice over; but at length his own time came + What he for others did, for him the same + Was done: no doubt his soule doth live for aye, + In heaven, though his body clad in clay. + +The first of the queens interred by Scarlett was Catherine, the divorced +wife of Henry VIII, who died in 1535, at Kimbolton Castle, in +Huntingdonshire. The second was Mary Queen of Scots, who was beheaded at +Fotheringay in 1587, and first interred here, though subsequently +transported to Westminster Abbey. + +Our next example is from Bingley, Yorkshire:-- + + In memory of Hezekiah Briggs, who died August 5th, 1844, in the + 80th year of his age. He was sexton at this church 43 years, + and interred upwards of 7000 corpses. + +[Here the names of his wife and several children are given.] + + Here lies an old ringer, beneath the cold clay, + Who has rung many peals both for serious and gay; + Through Grandsire and Trebles with ease he could range, + Till death called a Bob, which brought round the last change. + + For all the village came to him + When they had need to call; + His counsel free to all was given, + For he was kind to all. + + Ring on, ring on, sweet Sabbath bell, + Still kind to me thy matins swell, + And when from earthly things i part, + Sigh o'er my grave, and lull my heart. + +An upright stone in the burial ground at Hartwith Chapel, in Nidderdale, +Yorkshire, bears the following inscription:-- + + In memory of William Darnbrough, who for the last forty + years of his life was sexton of this chapel. He died + October 3rd, 1846, in the one hundreth year + of his age. + + "Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a + good old age."--_Genesis_ xv. 15. + + The graves around for many a year + Were dug by him who slumbers here,-- + Till worn with age, he dropped his spade, + And in the dust his bones were laid. + + As he now, mouldering, shares the doom + Of those he buried in the tomb; + So shall he, too, with them arise, + To share the judgment of the skies. + +An examination of Pateley Bridge Church registers proves that Darnbrough +was 102 years of age. + +An epitaph from Saddleworth, Yorkshire, tells us:-- + + Here was interred the body of John Broadbent, Sexton, who + departed this life, August 3rd, 1769, in the 73rd year of his age. + + Forty-eight years, strange to tell, + He bore the bier and toll'd the bell, + And faithfully discharged his trust, + In "earth to earth" and "dust to dust." + Cease to lament, + His life is spent, + The grave is still his element; + His old friend Death knew 'twas his sphere, + So kindly laid the sexton here. + +At Rothwell, near Leeds, an old sexton is buried in the church porch. A +monumental inscription runs thus:-- + + In memory of Thomas Flockton, Sexton 59 years, buried + 23rd day of February, 1783, aged 78 years. + + Here lies within this porch so calm, + Old Thomas. Pray sound his knell, + Who thought no song was like a psalm-- + No music like a bell. + +At Darlington, there is a Latin epitaph over the remains of Richard +Preston, which has been freely translated as follows:-- + + Under this marble are depos'd + Poor Preston's sad remains. + Alas! too true for light-rob'd jest + To sing in playful strains. + + Ye dread possessors of the grave, + Who feed on others' woe, + Abstain from Richard's small remains, + And grateful pity shew; + + For many a weighty corpse he gave + To you with liberal hand; + Then sure his little body may + Some small respect command. + +The gravestone bears the date of 1765. + +Further examples might be included, but we have given sufficient to show +the varied and curious epitaphs placed to the memory of parish clerks and +sextons. + + + + +TYPOGRAPHICAL EPITAPHS. + + +The trade of printer is rich in technical terms available for the writer +of epitaphs, as will be seen in the following examples. + +Our first inscription is from St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, placed +in remembrance of England's benefactor, the first English printer:-- + + To the memory of + WILLIAM CAXTON, + who first introduced into Great Britain + the Art of Printing; + And who, A.D. 1477 or earlier, exercised that art in the + Abbey of Westminster. + This Tablet, + In remembrance of one to whom the literature of this + country is so largely indebted, was raised, + anno Domini MDCCCXX., + by the Roxburghe Club, + Earl Spencer, K.G., President. + +The next is in memory of one Edward Jones, _ob._ 1705-6, _æt._ 53. He was +the "Gazette" Printer of the Savoy, and the following epitaph was appended +to an elegy, entitled, "The Mercury Hawkers in Mourning," and published +on the occasion of his death:-- + + Here lies a Printer, famous in his time, + Whose life by lingering sickness did decline. + He lived in credit, and in peace he died, + And often had the chance of Fortune tried. + Whose smiles by various methods did promote + Him to the favour of the Senate's vote; + And so became, by National consent, + The only Printer of the Parliament. + Thus by degrees, so prosp'rous was his fate, + He left his heirs a very good estate. + +Another is on a noted printer and bookseller in his day, Jacob Tonson, who +died in 1735:-- + + The volume of his life being finished, here is the end of Jacob + Tonson. Weep, authors, and break your pens; your Tonson, effaced from + the book, is no more; but print the last inscription on this last page + of death, for fear that, delivered to the press of the grave, he, the + Editor, should want a title. Here lies a bookseller, the leaf of his + life being finished, awaiting a new edition, augmented and corrected. + +The celebrated Dr. Benjamin Franklin imitated the above, and designed it +for himself:-- + + The body of B. Franklin, Printer, like the cover of an old book, its + contents torn out, and stripped of its lettering and gilding, lies + here, food for worms. But the work shall not be wholly lost, for it + will, as he believed, appear once more, in a new and more perfect + edition, corrected and amended by the Author. He was born Jan. 6, + 1706. Died ------, 17--. B.F. + +Franklin died on the 17th of April, 1790, aged eighty-four years. After +the death of this sturdy patriot and sagacious writer, the following +singular sentiment was inscribed to his memory:-- + + Benjamin Franklin, the * of his profession; the type of honesty; the ! + of all; and although the [Symbol: hand] of death put a . to his + existence, each § of his life is without a ||. + +On a plain, flat slab in the burial-ground of Christ-church, Philadelphia, +the following simple inscription appears over the remains of the good man +and his worthy wife:-- + + Benjamin } + } Franklin. + Deborah } + February, 1790. + +The pun on the supersession of an old edition by a new and revised one, +has often been worked out, as in the following example, which is that of +the Rev. John Cotton, who died in New England, in 1652:-- + + A living, breathing Bible; tables where + Both covenants at large engraven were; + Gospel and law in his heart had each its column, + His head an index to the sacred volume! + His very name a title-page; and, next, + His life a commentary on the text. + Oh, what a moment of glorious worth, + When in a new edition he comes forth! + Without errata, we may think 'twill be, + In leaves and covers of Eternity. + +A notable epitaph was that of George Faulkner, the alderman and printer, +of Dublin, who died in 1775: + + Turn, gentle stranger, and this urn revere, + O'er which Hibernia saddens with a tear. + Here sleeps George Faulkner, printer, once so dear + To humorous Swift, and Chesterfield's gay peer; + So dear to his wronged country and her laws; + So dauntless when imprisoned in her cause; + No alderman e'er graced a weighter board, + No wit e'er joked more freely with a lord. + None could with him in anecdotes confer; + A perfect annal-book, in Elzevir. + Whate'er of glory life's first sheets presage, + Whate'er the splendour of the title-page, + Leaf after leaf, though learned lore ensues; + Close as thy types and various as thy news; + Yet, George, we see that one lot awaits them all, + Gigantic folios, or octavos small; + One universal finis claims his rank, + And every volume closes in a blank. + +In the churchyard of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, is a good specimen of a +typographical epitaph, placed in remembrance of a noted printer, who died +in the year 1818. It reads as follows: + + Here lie the remains of L. GEDGE, Printer. + Like a worn-out character, he has returned to the Founder, + Hoping that he will be re-cast in a better and + more perfect mould. + +Our next example is profuse of puns, some of which are rather obscure to +younger readers, owing to the disuse of the old wooden press. It is the +epitaph of a Scotch printer:-- + + Sacred to the memory of + ADAM WILLIAMSON, + Pressman-printer, in Edinburgh, + Who died Oct. 3, 1832, + Aged 72 years. + + All my stays are loosed; + My cap is thrown off; my head is worn out; + My box is broken; + My spindle and bar have lost their power; + My till is laid aside; + Both legs of my crane are turned out of their path; + My platen can make no impression; + My winter hath no spring; + My rounce will neither roll out nor in; + Stone, coffin, and carriage have all failed; + The hinges of my tympan and frisket are immovable; + My long and short ribs are rusted; + My cheeks are much worm-eaten and mouldering + away: + My press is totally down: + The volume of my life is finished, + Not without many errors; + Most of them have arisen from bad composition, and + are to be attributed more to the chase than the + press; + There are also a great number of my own: + Misses, scuffs, blotches, blurs, and bad register; + But the true and faithful Superintendent has undertaken + to correct the whole. + When the machine is again set up + (incapable of decay), + A new and perfect edition of my life will appear, + Elegantly bound for duration, and every way fitted + for the grand Library of the Great Author. + +The next specimen is less satisfactory, because devoid of the hope that +should encircle the death of the Christian. It is the epitaph which +Baskerville, the celebrated Birmingham printer and type founder, directed +to be placed upon a tomb of masonry in the shape of a cone, and erected +over his remains:-- + + Stranger + Beneath this cone, in unconsecrated ground, + A friend to the liberties of mankind + Directed his body to be inurned. + May the example contribute to emancipate thy mind + from the idle fears of superstition, and the + wicked arts of priestcraft. + +It is recorded that "The tomb has long since been overturned, and even the +remains of the man himself desecrated and dispersed till the final day of +resurrection, when the atheism which in his later years he professed, will +receive assuredly so complete and overwhelming a refutation." + +In 1599 died Christopher Barker, one of the most celebrated of the +sixteenth century typographers, printer to Queen Elizabeth--to whom, in +fact, the present patent, held by Eyre and Spottiswode, can be traced back +in unbroken succession. + + Here Barker lies, once printer to the Crown, + Whose works of art acquired a vast renown. + Time saw his worth, and spread around his fame, + That future printers might imprint the same. + But when his strength could work the press no more + And his last sheets were folded into store, + Pure faith, with hope (the greatest treasure given), + Opened their gates, and bade him pass to heaven. + +We shall bring to a close our examples of typographical epitaphs with the +following, copied from the graveyard of St. Michael's, Coventry, on a +worthy printer who was engaged over sixty years as a compositor on the +_Coventry Mercury_:-- + + Here + lies inter'd + the mortal remains + of + JOHN HULM, + Printer, + who, like an old, worn-out type, + battered by frequent use, + reposes in the grave. + But not without a hope that at some future time + he might be cast in the mould of righteousness, + And safely locked-up + in the chase of immortality. + He was distributed from the board of life + on the 9th day of Sept., 1827, + Aged 75. + Regretted by his employers, + and respected by his fellow artists. + + + + +EPITAPHS ON SPORTSMEN. + + +The stirring lives of sportsmen have suggested spirited lines for their +tombstones, as will be seen from the examples we bring under the notice of +our readers. + +The first epitaph is from Morville churchyard, near Bridgnorth, on John +Charlton, Esq., who was for many years Master of the Wheatland Foxhounds, +and died January 20th, 1843, aged 63 years; regretted by all who knew +him:-- + + Of this world's pleasure I have had my share, + And few the sorrows I was doomed to bear. + How oft have I enjoy'd the noble chase + Of hounds and foxes striving for the race! + But hark! the knell of death calls me away, + So sportsmen, all, farewell! I must obey. + +Our next is written on Mills, the huntsman:-- + + Here lies John Mills, who over the hills + Pursued the hounds with hallo: + The leap though high, from earth to sky, + The huntsman we must follow. + +A short, rough, but pregnant epitaph is placed over the remains of Robert +Hackett, a keeper of Hardwick Park, who died in 1703, and was buried in +Ault Hucknall churchyard:-- + + Long had he chased + The Red and Fallow Deer, + But Death's cold dart + At last has fix'd him here. + +George Dixon, a noted foxhunter, is buried in Luton churchyard, and on his +gravestone the following appears:-- + + Stop, passenger, and thy attention fix on, + That true-born, honest, fox-hunter, GEORGE DIXON, + Who, after eighty years' unwearied chase, + Now rests his bones within this hallow'd place. + A gentle tribute of applause bestow, + And give him, as you pass, one _tally-ho_! + Early to cover, brisk he rode each morn, + In hopes the _brush_ his temple might adorn; + The view is now no more, the chase is past, + And to an earth, poor GEORGE is run at last. + +On a stone in the graveyard of Mottram the following inscription +appears:-- + + In the memory of GEORGE NEWTON, + of Stalybridge, + who died August 7th, 1871, + in the 94th year of his age. + + Though he liv'd long, the old man has gone at last, + No more he'll hear the huntsman's stirring blast; + Though fleet as Reynard in his youthful prime, + At last he's yielded to the hand of Time. + Blithe as a lark, dress'd in his coat of green, + With hounds and horn the old man was seen. + But ah! Death came, worn out and full of years, + He died in peace, mourn'd by his offsprings' tears. + + "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us." + +In the churchyard of Ecclesfield, may be read the following epitaph:-- + + In memory of THOMAS RIDGE, + the Ecclesfield huntsman, + who died 13th day of January, 1871, + Aged 77 years. + + Though fond of sport, devoted of the chase, + And with his fellow-hunters first in place, + He always kept the Lord's appointed day, + Never from church or Sunday-school away. + And now his body rests beneath the sod, + His soul relying in the love of God. + +Of the many epitaphs on sportsmen to be seen in Nottinghamshire, we cull a +few of the choicest. Our first is a literal copy from a weather-worn stone +in Eakring churchyard, placed to the memory of Henry Cartwright, senior +keeper to his Grace the Duke of Kingston for fifty-five years, who died +February 13th, 1773, aged eighty years, ten months, and three weeks:-- + + My gun discharged, my ball is gone + My powder's spent, my work is done, + those panting deer I have left behind, + May now have time to Gain their wind, + Who I have oft times Chass'd them ore + the burial Plains, but now no more. + +We next present particulars of a celebrated deer-stealer. According to a +notice furnished in the "Nottingham Date Book," the deeds of Tom Booth +were for many years after his death a never-failing subject of +conversational interest in Nottingham. It is stated that no modern +deer-stealer was anything like so popular. Thorsby relates one exploit as +follows: "In Nottingham Park, at one time, was a favourite fine deer, a +chief ranger, on which Tom and his wily companions had often cast their +eyes; but how to deceive the keeper while they killed it was a task of +difficulty. The night, however, in which they accomplished their +purpose--whether by any settled plan or not is not known--they found the +keeper at watch, as usual, in a certain place in the park. One of them, +therefore, went in an opposite direction in the park, and fired his gun to +make the keeper believe he had shot a deer; upon which away goes the +keeper, in haste, to the spot, which was at a very considerable distance +from the place where the favourite deer was, and near which Tom Booth was +skulking. Tom, waiting a proper time, when he thought the keeper at a +sufficient distance for accomplishing his purpose, fired and killed the +deer, and dragged it through the river Leen undiscovered." Booth was a +stout man, and by trade a whitesmith. The stone marking the place of his +interment is still in good preservation, and stands in St. Nicholas' +burial-ground, against the southern wall of the church. It bears the +following inscription:-- + + Here lies a marksman, who with art and skill, + When young and strong, fat bucks and does did kill. + Now conquered by grim Death (go, reader, tell it!) + He's now took leave of powder, gun, and pellet. + A fatal dart, which in the dark did fly, + Has laid him down, among the dead to lie. + If any want to know the poor slave's name, + 'Tis old Tom Booth,--ne'er ask from whence he came. + +Old Tom was so highly pleased with the epitaph, which was written before +his death, that he had it engraved on the stone some months before its +services were required. In addition to the epitaph itself, the head-stone +was made to include Booth's name, &c., and also that of his wife, blank +places being left in each case for the age and time of death. Booth's +compartment of the stone was in due course properly filled up; but the +widow, disliking the exhibition of her name on a tombstone while living, +resolved that such stone should never indicate her resting place when +dead; she accordingly left an injunction that her body be interred +elsewhere, and the inscription is incomplete to this day. + +Some time before Amos Street, a celebrated Yorkshire huntsman died, a +stone was obtained, and on it engraved the following lines:-- + + This is to the memory of Old Amos, + Who was when alive for hunting famous; + But now his chases are all o'er, + And here he's earth'd, of years four score. + Upon this tomb he's often sat + And tried to read his epitaph; + And thou who dost so at this moment + Shall ere long like him be dormant. + +Poor "Old Amos" passed away on October 3rd, 1777, and was buried in +Birstal churchyard. The foregoing inscription may still be read. + +The Rev. R. H. Whitworth tells us: "There is an old monument in the south +aisle of Blidworth Church, to the memory of Thomas Leake, Esq., who was +killed at Blidworth Rocking in A.D. 1598. He may be regarded as the last +of the race who sat in Robin Hood's seat, if those restless Forest Chiefs, +typified under that name, can be supposed ever to have sat at all. Leake +held office under the Crown, but was as wild a freebooter as ever drew +bow. His character is portrayed in his epitaph-- + + HERE RESTS T. LEAKE WHOSE VERTUES WEERE SO KNOWNE + IN ALL THESE PARTS THAT THIS ENGRAVED STONE + NEEDS NAVGHT RELATE BVT HIS VNTIMELY END + WHICH WAS IN SINGLE FIGHT: WYLST YOUTH DID LEND + HIS AYDE TO VALOR, HEE WTH EASE OREPAST + MANY SLYGHT DANGERS, GREATER THEN THIS LAST + BVT WILLFVLLE FATE IN THESE THINGS GOVERNS ALL + HEE TOWLD OVT THREESCORE YEARS BEFORE HIS FALL + MOST OF WCH TYME HE WASTED IN THIS WOOD + MVCH OF HIS WEALTH AND LAST OF ALL HIS BLOOD + +The border of this monument is rudely panelled, each panel having some +forest hunting subject in relief. There are hounds getting scent, and a +hound pursuing an antlered stag; a hunting horn, ribboned; plunging and +flaying knives, a cross-bow, a forest-bow, two arrows, and two hunters' +belts with arrows inserted. This is his register-- + + Thomas Leake, esquire, buried the + 4th February, 1598. + +There is a captivating bit of romance connected with Leake's death, which +occurred at Archer's Water. Although somewhat 'provectus in ætate,' he had +won the affections of the landlady's daughter, much to the annoyance of +the mother. Archer's Water was on the old driftroad by Blidworth, from +Edinburgh to London, that by which Jeannie Deans travelled, and over which +Dick Turpin rode. Hundreds of thousands of Scotch cattle went by this way +to town, and there was a difficulty connected with a few of them in which +Leake was concerned, and a price being set upon his head, his +mother-in-law, that was to be, betrayed him to two young soldiers anxious +to secure the reward, one of whom was, in the mother's eyes, the more +favoured lover. Tom was always attended by two magnificent dogs and went +well armed. Thrown off his guard he left his dogs in an outhouse, and +entering the inn laid aside his weapons, when he was set upon and +overpowered, and like many better men before him, slain. The name of a +Captain Salmond of the now extinct parish or manor of Salterford is +connected with this transaction. The date of the combat is 2nd February, +being the festival of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, with which +the highly interesting and historical observance of Blidworth _Rocking_ is +connected. Within the memory of living men, a baby decked with such +flowers as the season afforded, was placed in a cradle and carried about +from house to house by an old man, who received a present on the occasion. +As the church is dedicated to St. Mary in connection with the +Purification, the 2nd of February being the Feast Day, this is probably an +interesting reminiscence of some old species of Miracle Play, or +observance connected with the foundation. Anciently people from all +neighbouring counties used to attend this season. Forest games were +played, and amid the attendant licence and confusion, Leake came to his +last grief. Not only in the church does this Ranger of the Blidworth Wood, +for this was his office, possess a memorial. A large cross was erected, +now standing at Fountain Dale, thus inscribed:-- + + Hoc crucis fragmen + Traditum a sylvicolis monumentum + Loci ubi in singulari certamine + Gladiator ille insignis + Tho. Leake + Mori occubuit + Anno MDCVIII. + + Ab antiqua sede remotum + H. P. C. + Joannes Downall + Prid. Non Sext. MDCCCXXXVI. + +What became of the daughter tradition sayeth not. Doubtless she died, as +Tom Leake's intended bride ought, of grief, and was buried under some +grand old oak in Blidworth Forest." + +Let us direct attention to another class of sportsmen. At Bunney, a +monument is erected to Sir Thomas Parkyns, the well-known wrestler. It +bears four lines in Latin, which have been translated thus:-- + + At length he falls, the long contest's o'er, + And Time has thrown whom none e'er threw before; + Yet boast not (Time) thy victory, for he + At last shall rise again and conquer thee. + +The next is copied from a stone in St. Michael's churchyard, Coventry, on +a famous fencing-master:-- + + To the memory of Mr. John Parkes, + A native of this City + He was a man of mild disposition, + A Gladiator by profession; + Who after having fought 350 battles, + In the principal parts of Europe, + With honour and applause, + At length quitted the stage, sheathed his sword, + And with Christian resignation, + Submitted to the Grand Victor + In the 52nd year of his age + Anno Domini 1733. + +An old stone bearing the foregoing inscription was replaced by a new one +some years ago at the expense of the late S. Carter, Esq., formerly member +of parliament for Coventry. In the pages of the _Spectator_ honourable +mention is made of John Parkes. + +In the churchyard of Hanslope, is buried Sandy M'Kay, the Scottish giant, +who was killed in a prize-fight with Simon Byrne. A headstone bears the +following inscription:-- + + Sacred to the memory of + ALEX. M'KAY, + (Late of Glasgow), + Who died 3rd June, 1834, + Aged 26 years. + + Strong and athletic was my frame; + Far from my native home I came, + And manly fought with Simon Byrne; + Alas! but lived not to return. + Reader, take warning of my fate, + Lest you should rue your case too late: + If you ever have fought before, + Determine now to fight no more. + +We are informed that Byrne was killed shortly afterwards, whilst engaged +in fighting. + +From the prize-ring let us turn to the more satisfactory amusement of +cricket. In Highgate cemetery, Lillywhite, the celebrated cricketer, is +buried, and over his remains is placed a monument with the significant +emblem of a wicket being upset with a ball. + +The following lines are said to be copied from the tombstone in a cemetery +near Salisbury:-- + + I bowl'd, I struck, I caught, I stopp'd, + Sure life's a game of cricket; + I block'd with care, with caution popp'd, + Yet Death has hit my wicket. + +The Tennis Ball is introduced in an epitaph placed in St. Michael's +Church, Coventry. It reads thus:-- + + "Here lyes the Body of Captain Gervase Scrope, of the Family of + Scropes, of Bolton, in the County of York, who departed this life the + 26th day of August, Anno Domini, 1705." + + AN EPITAPH WRITTEN BY HIMSELF IN THE AGONY AND DOLOROUS PAINES OF THE + GOUT, AND DYED SOON AFTER. + + Here lyes an Old Toss'd Tennis Ball, + Was Racketted from Spring to Fall + With so much heat, and so much hast, + Time's arm (for shame) grew tyr'd at last, + Four Kings in Camps he truly seru'd, + And from his Loyalty ne'r sweru'd. + Father ruin'd, the Son slighted, + And from the Crown ne'r requited. + Loss of Estate, Relations, Blood, + Was too well Known, but did no good, + With long Campaigns and paines of th' Govt, + He cou'd no longer hold it out: + Always a restless life he led, + Never at quiet till quite dead, + He marry'd in his latter dayes, + One who exceeds the com'on praise, + But wanting breath still to make Known + Her true Affection and his Own, + Death kindly came, all wants supply'd + By giuing Rest which life deny'd. + +We conclude this class of epitaphs with a couple of piscatorial examples. +The first is from the churchyard of Hythe:-- + + His net old fisher George long drew, + Shoals upon shoals he caught, + 'Till Death came hauling for his due, + And made poor George his draught. + Death fishes on through various shapes, + In vain it is to fret; + Nor fish nor fisherman escapes + Death's all-enclosing net. + +In the churchyard of Great Yarmouth, under date of 1769, an epitaph runs +thus:-- + + Here lies doomed, + In this vault so dark, + A soldier weaver, _angler_, and clerk; + Death snatched him hence, and from him took + His gun, his shuttle, fish-rod, and hook. + He could not weave, nor fish, nor fight, so then + He left the world, and faintly cried--Amen. + + + + +EPITAPHS ON TRADESMEN. + + +Many interesting epitaphs are placed to the memory of tradesmen. Often +they are not of an elevating character, nor highly poetical, but they +display the whims and oddities of men. We will first present a few +relating to the watch and clock-making trade. The first specimen is from +Lydford churchyard, on the borders of Dartmoor:-- + + Here lies, in horizontal position, + the outside case of + GEORGE ROUTLEIGH, Watchmaker; + Whose abilities in that line were an honour + to his profession. + Integrity was the Mainspring, and prudence the + Regulator, + of all the actions of his life. + Humane, generous, and liberal, + his Hand never stopped + till he had relieved distress. + So nicely regulated were all his motions, + that he never went wrong, + except when set a-going + by people + who did not know his Key; + even then he was easily + set right again. + He had the art of disposing his time so well, + that his hours glided away + in one continual round + of pleasure and delight, + until an unlucky minute put a period to + his existence. + He departed this life + Nov. 14, 1802, + aged 57: + wound up, + in hopes of being taken in hand + by his Maker; + and of being thoroughly cleaned, repaired, + and set a-going + in the world to come. + +In the churchyard of Uttoxeter, a monument is placed to the memory of +Joseph Slater, who died November 21st, 1822, aged 49 years:-- + + Here lies one who strove to equal time, + A task too hard, each power too sublime; + Time stopt his motion, o'erthrew his balance-wheel, + Wore off his pivots, tho' made of hardened steel; + Broke all his springs, the verge of life decayed, + And now he is as though he'd ne'er been made. + Such frail machine till time's no more shall rust, + And the archangel wakes our sleeping dust; + Then in assembled worlds in glory join, + And sing--"The hand that made us is divine." + +Our next is from Berkeley, Gloucestershire:-- + + Here lyeth Thomas Peirce, whom no man taught, + Yet he in iron, brass, and silver wrought; + He jacks, and clocks, and watches (with art) made + And mended, too, when others' work did fade. + Of Berkeley, five times Mayor this artist was, + And yet this Mayor, this artist, was but grass. + When his own watch was down on the last day, + He that made watches had not made a key + To wind it up; but useless it must lie, + Until he rise again no more to die. + Died February 25th, 1665, aged 77. + +The following is from Bolsover churchyard, Derbyshire:-- + + Here + lies, in a horizontal position, the outside + case of + THOMAS HINDE, + Clock and Watch-maker, + Who departed this life, wound up in hope of + being taken in hand by his Maker, and being + thoroughly cleaned, repaired, and set a-going + in the world to come, + On the 15th of August, 1836, + In the 19th year of his age. + +Respecting the next example, our friend, Mr. Edward Walford, M.A., wrote +to the _Times_ as follows: "Close to the south-western corner of the +parish churchyard of Hampstead there has long stood a square tomb, with a +scarcely decipherable inscription, to the memory of a man of science of +the last century, whose name is connected with the history of practical +navigation. The tomb, having stood there for more than a century, had +become somewhat dilapidated, and has lately undergone a careful +restoration at the cost and under the supervision of the Company of +Clockmakers, and the fact is recorded in large characters on the upper +face. The tops of the upright iron railings which surround the tomb have +been gilt, and the restored inscription runs as follows: 'In memory of Mr. +John Harrison, late of Red Lion-square, London, inventor of the +time-keeper for ascertaining the longitude at sea. He was born at Foulby, +in the county of York, and was the son of a builder of that place, who +brought him up to the same profession. Before he attained the age of 21, +he, without any instruction, employed himself in cleaning and repairing +clocks and watches, and made a few of the former, chiefly of wood. At the +age of 25 he employed his whole time in chronometrical improvements. He +was the inventor of the gridiron pendulum, and the method of preventing +the effects of heat and cold upon time-keepers by two bars fixed together; +he introduced the secondary spring, to keep them going while winding up, +and was the inventor of most (or all) the improvements in clocks and +watches during his time. In the year 1735 his first time-keeper was sent +to Lisbon, and in 1764 his then much improved fourth time-keeper having +been sent to Barbadoes, the Commissioners of Longitude certified that he +had determined the longitude within one-third of half a degree of a great +circle, having not erred more than forty seconds in time. After sixty +years' close application to the above pursuits, he departed this life on +the 24th day of March, 1776, aged 83. + +In an epitaph in High Wycombe churchyard, life is compared to the working +of a clock. It runs thus:-- + + Of no distemper, + Of no blast he died, + But fell, + Like Autumn's fruit, + That mellows long, + Even wondered at + Because he dropt not sooner. + Providence seemed to wind him up + For fourscore years, + Yet ran he nine winters more; + Till, like a clock, + Worn out with repeating time, + The wheels of weary life + At last stood still. + In memory of JOHN ABDIDGE, Alderman. + Died 1785. + +We have some curious specimens of engineers' epitaphs. A good example is +copied from the churchyard of Bridgeford-on-the-Hill, Notts:-- + + Sacred to the Memory of JOHN WALKER, the only son of + Benjamin and Ann Walker, Engineer and Pallisade Maker, + died September 22nd, 1832, aged 36 years. + + Farewell, my wife and father dear; + My glass is run, my work is done, + And now my head lies quiet here. + That many an engine I've set up, + And got great praise from men, + I made them work on British ground, + And on the roaring seas; + My engine's stopp'd, my valves are bad, + And lie so deep within; + No engineer could there be found + To put me new ones in. + But Jesus Christ converted me + And took me up above, + I hope once more to meet once more, + And sing redeeming love. + +Our next is on a railway engineer, who died in 1840, and was buried in +Bromsgrove churchyard:-- + + My engine now is cold and still, + No water does my boiler fill; + My coke affords its flame no more; + My days of usefulness are o'er; + My wheels deny their noted speed, + No more my guiding hand they need; + My whistle, too, has lost its tone, + Its shrill and thrilling sounds are gone; + My valves are now thrown open wide; + My flanges all refuse to guide, + My clacks also, though once so strong, + Refuse to aid the busy throng: + No more I feel each urging breath; + My steam is now condensed in death. + Life's railway o'er, each station's passed, + In death I'm stopped, and rest at last. + Farewell, dear friends, and cease to weep: + In Christ I'm safe; in Him I sleep. + +The epitaph we next give is on the driver of the coach that ran between +Aylesbury and London, by the Rev. H. Bullen, Vicar of Dunton, Bucks, in +whose churchyard the man was buried:-- + + Parker, farewell! thy journey now is ended, + Death has the whip-hand, and with dust is blended; + Thy way-bill is examined, and I trust + Thy last account may prove exact and just. + When he who drives the chariot of the day, + Where life is light, whose Word's the living way, + Where travellers, like yourself, of every age, + And every clime, have taken their last stage, + The God of mercy, and the God of love, + Show you the road to Paradise above! + +Lord Byron wrote on John Adams, carrier, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, an +epitaph as follows:-- + + John Adams lies here, of the parish of Southwell, + A carrier who carried his can to his mouth well; + He carried so much, and he carried so fast + He could carry no more--so was carried at last; + For the liquor he drank, being too much for one, + He could not carry off--so he's now carri-on. + +On Hobson, the famous University carrier, the following lines were +written:-- + + Here lies old Hobson: death has broke his girt, + And here! alas, has laid him in the dirt; + Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one + He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown: + 'Twas such a shifter, that, if truth were known, + Death was half glad when he had got him down; + For he had any time these ten years full, + Dodged with him betwixt Cambridge and the Bull; + And surely Death could never have prevailed, + Had not his weekly course of carriage failed. + But lately finding him so long at home, + And thinking now his journey's end was come, + And that he had ta'en up his latest inn, + In the kind office of a chamberlain + Showed him the room where he must lodge that night, + Pulled off his boots and took away the light. + If any ask for him it shall be said, + Hobson has supt and's newly gone to bed. + +In Trinity churchyard, Sheffield, formerly might be seen an epitaph on a +bookseller, as follows:-- + + In Memory of + RICHARD SMITH, who died + April 6th, 1757, aged 52. + + At thirteen years I went to sea; + To try my fortune there, + But lost my friend, which put an end + To all my interest there. + To land I came as 'twere by chance, + At twenty then I taught to dance, + And yet unsettled in my mind, + To something else I was inclined; + At twenty-five laid dancing down, + To be a bookseller in this town, + Where I continued without strife, + Till death deprived me of my life. + Vain world, to thee I bid farewell, + To rest within this silent cell, + Till the great God shall summon all + To answer His majestic call, + Then, Lord, have mercy on us all. + +The following epitaph was written on James Lackington, a celebrated +bookseller, and eccentric character:-- + + Good passenger, one moment stay, + And contemplate this heap of clay; + 'Tis LACKINGTON that claims a pause, + Who strove with death, but lost his cause: + A stranger genius ne'er need be + Than many a merry year was he. + Some faults he had, some virtues too + (The devil himself should have his due); + And as dame fortune's wheel turn'd round, + Whether at top or bottom found, + He never once forgot his station, + Nor e'er disown'd a poor relation; + In poverty he found content, + Riches ne'er made him insolent. + When poor, he'd rather read than eat, + When rich books form'd his highest treat, + His first great wish to act, with care, + The sev'ral parts assigned him here; + And, as his heart to truth inclin'd, + He studied hard the truth to find. + Much pride he had,--'twas love of fame, + And slighted gold, to get a name; + But fame herself prov'd greatest gain, + For riches follow'd in her train. + Much had he read, and much had thought, + And yet, you see, he's come to nought; + Or out of print, as he would say, + To be revised some future day: + Free from errata, with addition, + A new and a complete edition. + +At Rugby, on Joseph Cave, Dr. Hawksworth, wrote:-- + + Near this place lies the body of + JOSEPH CAVE, + Late of this parish; + Who departed this life Nov. 18, 1747, + Aged 79 years. + + He was placed by Providence in a humble station; but industry + abundantly supplied the wants of nature, and temperance blest him with + content and wealth. As he was an affectionate father, he was made + happy in the decline of life by the deserved eminence of his eldest + son, + + EDWARD CAVE, + + who, without interest, fortune, or connection, by the native force of + his own genius, assisted only by a classical education, which he + received at the Grammar School of this town, planned, executed, and + established a literary work called + + _The Gentleman's Magazine_, + + whereby he acquired an ample fortune, the whole of which devolved to + his family. + + Here also lies + The body of WILLIAM CAVE, + + second son of the said JOSEPH CAVE, who died May 2, 1757, aged 62 + years, and who, having survived his elder brother, + + EDWARD CAVE, + + inherited from him a competent estate; and, in gratitude to his + benefactor, ordered this monument to perpetuate his memory. + + He lived a patriarch in his numerous race, + And shew'd in charity a Christian's grace: + Whate'er a friend or parent feels he knew; + His hand was open, and his heart was true; + In what he gain'd and gave, he taught mankind + A grateful always is a generous mind. + Here rests his clay! his soul must ever rest, + Who bless'd when living, dying must be blest. + +The well-known blacksmith's epitaph, said to be written by the poet +Hayley, may be found in many churchyards in this country. It formed the +subject of a sermon delivered on Sunday, the 27th day of August, 1837, by +the then Vicar of Crich, Derbyshire, to a large assembly. We are told that +the vicar appeared much excited, and read the prayers in a hurried manner. +Without leaving the desk, he proceeded to address his flock for the last +time; and the following is the substance thereof: "To-morrow, my friends, +this living will be vacant, and if any one of you is desirous of becoming +my successor he has now an opportunity. Let him use his influence, and who +can tell but he may be honoured with the title of Vicar of Crich. As this +is my last address, I shall only say, had I been a blacksmith, or a son of +Vulcan, the following lines might not have been inappropriate:-- + + My sledge and hammer lie reclined, + My bellows, too, have lost their wind; + My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, + And in the dust my vice is laid. + My coal is spent, my iron's gone, + My nails are drove, my work is done; + My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, + And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd. + +If you expect anything more, you are deceived; for I shall only say, +Friends, farewell, farewell!" The effect of this address was too visible +to pass unnoticed. Some appeared as if awakened from a fearful dream, and +gazed at each other in silent astonishment; others for whom it was too +powerful for their risible nerves to resist, burst into boisterous +laughter, while one and all slowly retired from the scene, to exercise +their future cogitations on the farewell discourse of their late pastor. + +From Silkstone churchyard we have the following on a Potter and his +wife:-- + + In memory of John Taylor, of Silkstone, potter, who departed this + life, July 14th, Anno Domini 1815, aged 72 years. + + Also Hannah, his wife, who departed this life, August 13th, 1815, aged + 68 years. + + Out of the clay they got their daily bread, + Of clay were also made. + Returned to clay they now lie dead, + Where all that's left must shortly go. + To live without him his wife she tried, + Found the task hard, fell sick, and died. + And now in peace their bodies lay, + Until the dead be called away, + And moulded into spiritual clay. + +On a poor woman who kept an earthenware shop at Chester, the following +epitaph was composed:-- + + Beneath this stone lies CATHERINE GRAY, + Changed to a lifeless lump of clay; + By earth and clay she got her pelf, + And now she's turned to earth herself. + Ye weeping friends, let me advise, + Abate your tears and dry your eyes; + For what avails a flood of tears? + Who knows but in a course of years, + In some tall pitcher or brown pan, + She in her shop may be again. + +Our next is from the churchyard of Aliscombe, Devonshire:-- + + Here lies the remains of JAMES PADY, brickmaker, late of this parish, + in hopes that his clay will be remoulded in a workmanlike manner, far + superior to his former perishable materials. + + Keep death and judgment always in your eye, + Or else the devil off with you will fly, + And in his kiln with brimstone ever fry: + If you neglect the narrow road to seek, + Christ will reject you, like a half-burnt brick! + +In the old churchyard of Bullingham, on the gravestone of a builder, the +following lines appear:-- + + This humble stone is o'er a builder's bed, + Tho' raised on high by fame, low lies his head. + His rule and compass are now locked up in store. + Others may build, but he will build no more. + His house of clay so frail, could hold no longer-- + May he in heaven be tenant of a stronger! + +In Colton churchyard, Staffordshire, is a mason's tombstone decorated with +carving of square and compass, in relief, and bearing the following +characteristic inscription:-- + + Sacred to the memory of + JAMES HEYWOOD, + Who died May 4th, 1804, in the 55th + year of his age. + + The corner-stone I often times have dress'd; + In Christ, the corner-stone, I now find rest. + Though by the Builder he rejected were, + He is my God, my Rock, I build on here. + +In the churchyard of Longnor the following quaint epitaph is placed over +the remains of a carpenter:-- + + IN + Memory of SAMUEL + BAGSHAW late of Har- + ding-booth who depar- + ted this life June the + 5th 1787 aged 71 years. + + Beneath lie mouldering into Dust + A Carpenter's Remains. + A man laborious, honest, just: his Character sustains. + In seventy-one revolving Years + He sow'd no Seeds of Strife; + With Ax and Saw, Line, Rule and Square, employed his careful life. + But Death who view'd his peaceful Lot + His Tree of Life assail'd + His Grave was made upon this spot, and his last Branch he nail'd. + +Our next is from Hessle, near Hull, where over the remains of George +Prissick, plumber and glazier, is the following epitaph:-- + + Adieu, my friend, my thread of life is spun; + The diamond will not cut, the solder will not run; + My body's turned to ashes, my grief and troubles past, + I've left no one to worldly care--and I shall rise at last. + +On a dyer, from the church of St. Nicholas, Yarmouth, we have as +follows:-- + + Here lies a man who first did dye, + When he was twenty four, + And yet he lived to reach the age, + Of hoary hairs, fourscore. + But now he's gone, and certain 'tis + He'll not dye any more. + +In Sleaford churchyard, on Henry Fox, a weaver, the following lines are +inscribed:-- + + Of tender thread this mortal web is made, + The woof and warp and colours early fade; + When power divine awakes the sleeping dust, + He gives immortal garments to the just. + +Our next, epitaph from Weston, is placed over the remains of a useful +member of society in his time:-- + + Here lies entomb'd within this vault so dark, + A tailor, cloth-drawer, soldier, and parish clerk; + Death snatch'd him hence, and also from him took + His needle, thimble, sword, and prayer-book. + He could not work, nor fight,--what then? + He left the world, and faintly cried, "Amen!" + +On an Oxford bellows-maker, the following lines were written:-- + + Here lyeth John Cruker, a maker of bellowes, + His craftes-master and King of good fellowes; + Yet when he came to the hour of his death, + He that made bellowes, could not make breath. + +The next epitaph, on Joseph Blakett, poet and shoemaker of Seaham, is said +to be from Byron's pen:-- + + Stranger! behold interr'd together + The souls of learning and of leather. + Poor Joe is gone, but left his awl-- + You'll find his relics in a stall. + His work was neat, and often found + Well-stitched and with morocco bound. + Tread lightly--where the bard is laid + We cannot mend the shoe he made; + Yet he is happy in his hole, + With verse immortal as his sole. + But still to business he held fast, + And stuck to Phoebus to the last. + Then who shall say so good a fellow + Was only leather and prunella? + For character--he did not lack it, + And if he did--'twere shame to Black it! + +The following lines are on a cobbler:-- + + Death at a cobbler's door oft made a stand, + But always found him on the mending hand; + At length Death came, in very dirty weather, + And ripp'd the soul from off the upper leather: + The cobbler lost his all,--Death gave his last, + And buried in oblivion all the past. + +Respecting Robert Gray, a correspondent writes: He was a native of +Taunton, and at an early age he lost his parents, and went to London to +seek his fortune. Here, as an errand boy, he behaved so well, that his +master took him apprentice, and afterwards set him up in business, by +which he made a large fortune. In his old age he retired from trade and +returned to Taunton, where he founded a hospital. On his monument is the +following inscription:-- + + Taunton bore him; London bred him; + Piety train'd him; Virtue led him; + Earth enrich'd him; Heaven possess'd him; + Taunton bless'd him; London bless'd him: + This thankful town, that mindful city, + Share his piety and pity, + What he gave, and how he gave it, + Ask the poor, and you shall have it. + Gentle reader, may Heaven strike + Thy tender heart to do the like; + And now thy eyes have read his story, + Give him the praise, and God the glory. + +He died at the age of 65 years, in 1635. + +In Rotherham churchyard the following is inscribed on a miller:-- + + In memory of + EDWARD SWAIR, + who departed this life, June 16, 1781. + + Here lies a man which Farmers lov'd + Who always to them constant proved; + Dealt with freedom, Just and Fair-- + An honest miller all declare. + +On a Bristol baker we have the following:-- + + Here lies THO. TURAR, and MARY, his wife. He was twice Master of the + Company of Bakers, and twice Churchwarden of this parish. He died + March 6, 1654. She died May 8th, 1643. + + Like to the baker's oven is the grave, + Wherein the bodyes of the faithful have + A setting in, and where they do remain + In hopes to rise, and to be drawn again; + Blessed are they who in the Lord are dead, + Though set like dough, they shall be drawn like bread. + +Here are some witty lines on a carpenter named John Spong, who died 1739, +and is buried in Ockham churchyard:-- + + Who many a sturdy oak has laid along, + Fell'd by Death's surer hatchet, here lies JOHN SPONG. + Post oft he made, yet ne'er a place could get + And lived by railing, tho' he was no wit. + Old saws he had, although no antiquarian; + And stiles corrected, yet was no grammarian. + Long lived he Ockham's favourite architect, + And lasting as his fame a tomb t' erect, + In vain we seek an artist such as he, + Whose pales and piles were for eternity. + +On the tomb of an auctioneer in the churchyard at Corby, in the county of +Lincoln, we have found:-- + + Beneath this stone, facetious wight + Lies all that's left of Poor Joe Wright; + Few heads with knowledge more informed, + Few hearts with friendship better warmed; + With ready wit and humour broad, + He pleased the peasant, squire, and lord; + Until grim death, with visage queer, + Assumed Joe's trade of Auctioneer, + Made him the Lot to _practise_ on, + With "going, going," and anon + He knocked him down to "Poor Joe's gone!" + +In Wimbledon churchyard is the grave of John Martin, a natural son of Don +John Emanuel, King of Portugal. He was sent to this country about the year +1712, to be out of the way of his friends, and after several changes of +circumstances, ultimately became a gardener. It will be seen from the +following epitaph that he won the esteem of his employers:-- + + To the memory of John Martin, gardener, a native of Portugal, who + cultivated here, with industry and success, the same ground under + three masters, forty years. + + Though skilful and experienced, + He was modest and unassuming; + And tho' faithful to his masters, + And with reason esteemed, + He was kind to his fellow-servants, + And was therefore beloved. + His family and neighbours lamented his death, + As he was a careful husband, a tender father, + and an honest man. + + This character of him is given to posterity by his last master, + willingly because deservedly, as a lasting testimony of his great + regard for so good a servant. + + He died March 30th, 1760. Aged 66 years. + + For public service grateful nations raise + Proud structures, which excite to deeds of praise; + While private services, in corners thrown, + Howe'er deserving, never gain a stone. + + But are not lilies, which the valleys hide, + Perfect as cedars, tho' the valley's pride? + Let, then, the violets their fragrance breathe, + And pines their ever-verdant branches wreathe + + Around his grave, who from their tender birth + Upreared both dwarf and giant sons of earth, + And tho' himself exotic, lived to see + Trees of his raising droop as well as he. + + Those were his care, while his own bending age, + His master propp'd and screened from winter's rage, + Till down he gently fell, then with a tear + He bade his sorrowing sons transport him here. + + But tho' in weakness planted, as his fruit + Always bespoke the goodness of his root, + The spirit quickening, he in power shall rise + With leaf unfading under happier skies. + +The next is on the Tradescants, famous gardeners and botanists at Lambeth. +In 1657 Mr. Tradescant, Junr., presented to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, +a remarkable cabinet of curiosities:-- + + Know, stranger, ere thou pass, beneath this stone + Lye John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son; + The last died in his spring; the other two + Liv'd till they had travell'd art and nature through; + As by their choice collections may appear, + Of what is rare, in land, in sea, in air; + Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) + A world of wonders in one closet shut; + These famous antiquarians, that had been + Both gard'ners to the ROSE AND LILY QUEEN, + Transplanted now themselves, sleep here; and when + Angels shall with trumpets waken men, + And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, + And change this garden for a paradise. + +We have here an epitaph on a grocer, culled from the Rev. C. W. Bardsley's +"Memorials of St. Anne's Church," Manchester. In a note about the name of +Howard, the author says: "Poor John Howard's friends gave him an +unfortunate epitaph--one, too, that reflected unkindly upon his wife. It +may still be seen in the churchyard.--Here lyeth the body of John Howard, +who died Jan. 2, 1800, aged 84 years; fifty years a respectable grocer, +and an honest man. As it is further stated that his wife died in 1749, +fifty years before, it would seem that her husband's honesty dated from +the day of her decease. Mrs. Malaprop herself, in her happiest moments, +could not have beaten this inscription." + + + + +BACCHANALIAN EPITAPHS. + + +Some singular epitaphs are to be found over the remains of men who either +manufactured, dispensed, or loved the social glass. In the churchyard of +Newhaven, the Sussex, following may be seen on the grave of a brewer: + + To the Memory of + THOMAS TIPPER who + departed this life May the 14th + 1785 Aged 54 Years. + + READER, with kind regard this GRAVE survey + Nor heedless pass where TIPPER'S ashes lay, + Honest he was, ingenuous, blunt, and kind; + And dared do, what few dare do, speak his mind, + PHILOSOPHY and HISTORY well he knew, + Was versed in PHYSICK and in Surgery too, + The best old STINGO he both brewed and sold, + Nor did one knavish act to get his Gold. + He played through Life a varied comic part, + And knew immortal HUDIBRAS by heart. + READER, in real truth, such was the Man, + Be better, wiser, laugh more if you can. + +The next, on John Scott, a Liverpool brewer, is rather rich in puns:-- + + Poor JOHN SCOTT lies buried here; + Although he was both hale and stout, + Death stretched him on the bitter bier. + In another world he hops about. + +On a Butler in Ollerton church-yard is the following curious epitaph:-- + + Beneath the droppings of this spout, + Here lies the body once so stout, + Of Francis Thompson. + A soul this carcase once possess'd, + Which of its virtues was caress'd, + By all who knew the owner best. + The Rufford records can declare, + His actions, who for seventy year, + Both drew and drank its potent beer; + Fame mentions not in all that time, + In this great Butler the least crime, + To stain his reputation. + To envy's self we now appeal, + If aught of fault she can reveal, + To make her declaration. + Here rest good shade, nor hell nor vermin fear, + Thy virtues guard thy soul, thy body good strong beer. + He died July 6th, 1739. + +We will next give a few epitaphs on publicans. Our first is from Pannal +churchyard; it is on JOSEPH THACKEREY, who died on the 26th of November, +1791:-- + + In the year of our Lord 1740 + I came to the Crown; + In 1791 they laid me down. + +The following is from the graveyard of Upton-on-Severn, and placed to the +memory of a publican. The lines, it will be seen, are a dexterous weaving +of the spiritual with the temporal:-- + + Beneath this stone, in hope of Zion, + Doth lie the landlord of the "Lion," + His son keeps on the business still, + Resign'd unto the Heavenly will. + +In 1789 passed away the landlady of the "Pig and Whistle," Greenwich, and +the following lines were inscribed to her memory:-- + + Assign'd by Providence to rule a tap, + My days pass'd gibly, till an awkward rap, + Some way, like bankruptcy, impell'd me down. + But up I got again and shook my gown + In gamesome gambols, quite as brisk as ever, + Blithe as the lark and gay as sunny weather; + Composed with creditors, at five in pound, + And frolick'd on till laid beneath this ground. + The debt of Nature must, you know, be paid, + No trust from her--God grant _extent in aid_. + +On an inn-keeper in Stockbridge, the next may be seen:-- + + In memory of + JOHN BUCKETT, + Many years landlord of the King's + Head Inn, in this Borough, + Who departed this life Nov. 2, 1802. + Aged 67 years. + + And is, alas! poor Buckett gone? + Farewell, convivial, honest John. + Oft at the well, by fatal stroke, + Buckets, like pitchers, must be broke. + In this same motley shifting scene, + How various have thy fortunes been! + Now lifted high--now sinking low. + To-day thy brim would overflow, + Thy bounty then would all supply, + To fill and drink, and leave thee dry; + To-morrow sunk as in a well, + Content, unseen, with truth to dwell: + But high or low, or wet or dry, + No rotten stave could malice spy. + Then rise, immortal Buckett, rise, + And claim thy station in the skies; + 'Twixt Amphora and Pisces shine, + Still guarding Stockbridge with thy sign. + +From the "Sportive Wit: the Muses' Merriment," issued in 1656, we extract +the following lines on John Taylor, "the Water Poet," who was a native of +Gloucester, and died in Phoenix Alley, London, in the 75th year of his +age. You may find him, if the worms have not devoured him, in Covent +Garden Churchyard:-- + + Here lies John Taylor, without rime or reason, + For death struck his muse in so cold a season, + That Jack lost the use of his scullers to row: + The chill pate rascal would not let his boat go. + Alas, poor Jack Taylor! this 'tis to drink ale + With nutmegs and ginger, with a taste though stale, + It drencht thee in rimes. Hadst thou been of the pack + With Draiton and Johnson to quaff off thy sack, + They'd infus'd thee a genius should ne'er expire, + And have thaw'd thy muse with elemental fire. + Yet still, for the honour of thy sprightly wit, + Since some of thy fancies so handsomely hit, + The nymphs of the rivers for thy relation + Sirnamed thee the _water-poet_ of the nation. + Who can write more of thee let him do't for me. + A ---- take all rimers, Jack Taylor, but thee. + Weep not, reader, if thou canst chuse, + Over the stone of so merry a muse. + +Robert Burns wrote the following epitaph on John Dove, innkeeper, +Mauchline:-- + + Here lies Johnny Pigeon: + What was his religion? + Whae'er desires to ken, + To some other warl' + Maun follow the carl, + For here Johnny had none! + Strong ale was ablution-- + Small beer persecution, + A dram was _memento mori_; + But a full flowing bowl + Was the saving of his soul, + And port was celestial glory. + +We extract, from a collection of epitaphs, the following on a publican:-- + + A jolly landlord once was I, + And kept the Old King's Head hard by, + Sold mead and gin, cider and beer, + And eke all other kinds of cheer, + Till Death my license took away, + And put me in this house of clay: + A house at which you all must call, + Sooner or later, great or small. + +It is stated in Mr. J. Potter Briscoe's entertaining volume, +"Nottinghamshire Facts and Fictions," that in the churchyard of Edwalton +is a gravestone to the memory of Mrs. Freland, a considerable land-owner, +who died in 1741; but who, it would appear from the inscription, was a +very free liver, for her memorial says: + + She drank good ale, strong punch and wine, + And lived to the age of ninety-nine. + +A gravestone in Darneth Churchyard, near Dartford, bears the following +epitaph:-- + + Oh, the liquor he did love, but never will no more, + For what he lov'd did turn his foe: + For on the 28th of January 1741, that fatal day, + The Debt he owed he then did pay. + +At Chatham, on a drunkard, good advice is given:-- + + Weep not for him, the warmest tear that's shed + Falls unavailing o'er the unconscious dead; + Take the advice these friendly lines would give, + Live not to drink, but only drink to live. + +From Tonbridge churchyard we glean the following:-- + + Hail! + This stone marks the spot + Where a notorious sot + Doth lie; + Whether at rest or not + It matters not + To you or I. + Oft to the "Lion" he went to fill his horn. + Now to the "Grave" he's gone to get it warm. + + _Beered by public subscription by his hale and stout companions, who + deeply lament his absence._ + +On a gravestone in the churchyard of Eton, placed to the memory of an +innkeeper, it is stated:-- + + Life's an inn; my house will shew it: + I thought so once, but now I know it. + Man's life is but a winter's day; + Some only breakfast and away; + Others to dinner stop, and are full fed; + The oldest man but sups and then to bed: + Large is his debt who lingers out the day; + He who goes soonest has the least to pay. + +Similar epitaphs to the foregoing may be found in many churchyards in this +country. In Micklehurst churchyard, an inscription runs thus:-- + + Life is an Inn, where all men bait, + The waiter, Time, the landlord, Fate; + Death is the score by all men due, + I've paid my shot--and so must you. + +In the old burial ground in Castle Street, Hull, on the gravestone of a +boy, a slightly different version of the rhyme appears:-- + + In memory of + John, the Son of John and + Ann Bywater, died 25th January, + 1815, aged 14 years. + + Life's like an Inn, where Travellers stay, + Some only breakfast and away; + Others to dinner stay, and are full fed; + The oldest only sup and go to bed; + Long is the bill who lingers out the day, + Who goes the soonest has the least to pay. + +The churchyard of Melton Mowbray furnishes another rendering of the +lines:-- + + This world's an Inn, and I her guest: + I've eat and drank and took my rest + With her awhile, and now I pay + Her lavish bill and go my way. + +The foregoing inscriptions, comparing life to a house, remind us of a +curious inscription in Folkestone churchyard:-- + + In memory of + REBECCA ROGERS, + who died Aug. 22, 1688, + Aged 44 years. + + A house she hath, it's made of such good fashion + The tenant ne'er shall pay for reparation, + Nor will her landlord ever raise the rent, + Or turn her out of doors for non-payment; + From chimney money, too, this call is free, + To such a house, who would not tenant be. + +In "Chronicles of the Tombs," by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, published in +1857, it is stated respecting the foregoing epitaph: "Smoke money or +chimney money is now collected at Battle, in Sussex, each householder +paying one penny to the Lord of the Manor. It is also levied upon the +inhabitants of the New Forest, in Hants, for the right of cutting peat and +turf for fuel. And from 'Audley's Companion to the Almanac,' page 76, we +learn that 'anciently, even in England, Whitsun farthings, or smoke +farthings, were a composition for offerings made in the Whitsun week, by +every man who occupied a house with a chimney, to the cathedral of the +diocese in which he lived.' The late Mr. E. B. Price has observed, in +_Notes and Queries_, (Vol. ii. p. 379), that there is a church at +Northampton, upon which is an inscription recording that the expense of +repairing it was defrayed by a grant of chimney money for, I believe, +seven years, temp. Charles II." + +In the burial-ground of St. Michael's Church, London, was interred one of +the waiters of the famous Boar's Head Tavern:-- + + Here lieth the bodye of ROBERT PRESTON, late Drawer at the Boar's Head + Tavern, Great Eastcheap, who departed this Life, March 16, Anno Domini + 1730, aged 27 years. + + Bacchus, to give the topeing world surprize, + Produc'd one sober son, and here he lies. + Tho' nurs'd among full Hogsheads, he defy'd + The charm of wine and ev'ry vice beside. + O Reader, if to Justice thou'rt inclined, + Keep Honest Preston daily in thy Mind. + He drew good wine, took care to fill his pots, + Had sundry virtues that outweighed his fauts, (_sic_) + You that on Bacchus have the like dependence, + Pray copy Bob, in measure and attendance. + +The next example from Abesford, on an exciseman, is entitled to a place +among Bacchanalian epitaphs:-- + + No supervisor's check he fears-- + Now no commissioner obeys; + He's free from cares, entreaties, tears, + And all the heavenly oil surveys. + +In the churchyard of North Wingfield, Derbyshire, a gravestone bears the +following inscription:-- + + In Memory of THOMAS, son of JOHN and MARY CLAY, who departed this life + December 16th 1724, in the 40th year of his age. + + What though no mournful kindred stand + Around the solemn bier, + No parents wring the trembling hand, + Or drop the silent tear. + + No costly oak adorned with art + My weary limbs inclose; + No friends impart a winding-sheet + To deck my last repose. + +The cause of the foregoing curious epitaph is thus explained. Thomas Clay +was a man of intemperate habits, and at the time of his death was indebted +to the village innkeeper, named Adlington, to the amount of twenty pounds. +The publican resolved to seize the body; but the parents of the deceased +carefully kept the door locked until the day appointed for the funeral. As +soon as the door was opened, Adlington rushed into the house, seized the +corpse, and placed it on a form in the open street in front of the +residence of the parents of the departed. Clay's friends refused to +discharge the publican's account. After the body had been exposed for +several days, Adlington committed it to the ground in a _bacon chest_. + +We conclude this class of epitaphs with the following from Winchester +churchyard:-- + + In memory of + Thomas Thetcher, + a Grenadier in the North Regiment of Hants Militia, + who died of a violent fever contracted by drinking small + beer when hot + the 12th of May, 1764, aged 26 years. + In grateful remembrance of whose universal goodwill + towards his comrades this stone is placed here at their expense, as + a small testimony of their regard and concern. + + Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier, + Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer; + Soldiers, be wise from his untimely fall, + And when ye're hot drink strong, or none at all. + + This memorial, being decayed, was restored by the officers of the + garrison, A.D. 1781:-- + + An honest soldier never is forgot, + Whether he die by musket or by pot. + + This stone was placed by the North Hants Militia, when disembodied at + Winchester, on 26th April, 1802, in consequence of the original stone + being destroyed. + + + + +EPITAPHS ON SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. + + +We give a few of the many curious epitaphs placed to the memory of +soldiers and seafaring men. Our initial epitaph is taken from Longnor +churchyard, Staffordshire, and it tells the story of an extended and +eventful life:-- + + In memory of WILLIAM BILLINGE, who was Born in a Corn Field at + Fawfield head, in this Parish, in the year 1679. At the age of 23 + years he enlisted into His Majesty's service under Sir George Rooke, + and was at the taking of the Fortress of Gibralter in 1704. He + afterwards served under the Duke of Marlborough at Ramillies, fought + on the 23rd of May, 1706, where he was wounded by a musket-shot in his + thigh. Afterwards returned to his native country, and with manly + courage defended his sovereign's rights in the Rebellion in 1715 and + 1745. He died within the space of 150 yards of where he was born, and + was interred here the 30th January, 1791, aged 112 years. + + Billeted by death, I quartered here remain, + And when the trumpet sounds I'll rise and march again. + +On a Chelsea Hospital veteran, we have the following interesting +epitaph:-- + + Here lies WILLIAM HISELAND, + A Veteran, if ever Soldier was, + Who merited well a Pension, + If long service be a merit, + Having served upwards of the days of Man. + Ancient, but not superannuated; + Engaged in a Series of Wars, + Civil as well as Foreign, + Yet maimed or worn out by neither. + His complexion was Fresh and Florid; + His Health Hale and Hearty; + His memory Exact and Ready. + In Stature + He exceeded the Military Size; + In Strength + He surpassed the Prime of Youth; + And + What rendered his age still more Patriarchal, + When above a Hundred Years old + He took unto him a Wife! + Read! fellow Soldiers, and reflect + That there is a Spiritual Warfare, + As well as a Warfare _Temporal_. + Born the 1st August, 1620, + Died the 17th of February, 1732, + Aged One Hundred and Twelve. + +At Bremhill, Wiltshire, the following lines are placed to the memory of a +soldier who reached the advanced age of 92 years:-- + + A poor old soldier shall not lie unknown, + Without a verse and this recording stone. + 'Twas his, in youth, o'er distant lands to stray, + Danger and death companions of his way. + Here, in his native village, stealing age + Closed the lone evening of his pilgrimage. + Speak of the past--of names of high renown, + Or brave commanders long to dust gone down, + His look with instant animation glow'd, + Tho' ninety winters on his head had snow'd. + His country, while he lived, a boon supplied, + And Faith her shield held o'er him when he died. + +A correspondent states that in Battersea Church there is a handsome +monument to Sir EDWARD WYNTER, a Captain in the East India Company's +service in the reign of Charles II., which records that in India, where he +had passed many years of his life, he was + + A rare example, and unknown to most, + Where wealth is gain'd, and conscience is not lost; + Nor less in martial honour was his name, + Witness his actions of immortal fame. + Alone, unharm'd, a tiger he opprest, + And crush'd to death the monster of a beast. + Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, + Singly, on foot, some wounded, some he slew, + Dispersed the rest,--what more could Samson do? + True to his friends, a terror to his foes, + Here now in peace his honour'd bones repose. + +Below, in bas-relief, he is represented struggling with the tiger, both +the combatants appearing in the attitude of wrestlers. He is also +depicted in the performance of the yet more wonderful achievement, the +discomfiture of the "thrice twenty mounted Moors," who are all flying +before him. + +In Yarmouth churchyard, a monumental inscription tells a painful story as +follows:-- + + To the memory of GEORGE GRIFFITHS, of the Shropshire Militia, who died + Feb 26th, 1807, in consequence of a blow received in a quarrel with + his comrade. + + Time flies away as nature on its wing, + I in a battle died (not for my King). + Words with my brother soldier did take place, + Which shameful is, and always brings disgrace. + Think not the worse of him who doth remain, + For he as well as I might have been slain. + +We have also from Yarmouth the next example:-- + + To the memory of ISAAC SMITH, who died March 24th, 1808, and SAMUEL + BODGER, who died April 2nd, 1808, both of the Cambridgeshire Militia. + + The tyrant Death did early us arrest, + And all the magazines of life possest: + No more the blood its circling course did run, + But in the veins like icicles it hung; + No more the hearts, now void of quickening heat, + The tuneful march of vital motion beat; + Stiffness did into every sinew climb, + And a short death crept cold through every limb. + +The next example is from Bury St. Edmunds:-- + + WILLIAM MIDDLEDITCH, + Late Serjeant-Major of the Grenadier Guards, + Died Nov. 13, 1834, aged 53 years. + + A husband, father, comrade, friend sincere, + A British soldier brave lies buried here. + In Spain and Flushing, and at Waterloo, + He fought to guard our country from the foe; + His comrades, Britons, who survive him, say + He acted nobly on that glorious day. + +Edward Parr died in 1811, at the age of 38 years, and was buried at North +Scarle churchyard. His epitaph states:-- + + A soldier once I was, as you may see, + My King and Country claim no more from me. + In battle I receiv'd a dreadful ball + Severe the blow, and yet I did not fall. + When God commands, we all must die it's true + Farewell, dear Wife, Relations all, adieu. + +A British soldier lies buried under the shadow of the fine old Minster of +Beverley. He died in 1855, and his epitaph states:-- + + A soldier lieth beneath the sod, + Who many a field of battle trod: + When glory call'd, his breast he bar'd, + And toil and want, and danger shar'd. + Like him through all thy duties go; + Waste not thy strength in useless woe, + Heave thou no sigh and shed no tear, + A British soldier slumbers here. + +The stirring lives of many female soldiers have furnished facts for +several important historical works, and rich materials for the writers of +romance. We give an illustration of the stone erected by public +subscription in Brighton churchyard over the remains of a notable female +warrior, named Phoebe Hessel. The inscription tells the story of her long +and eventful career. The closing years of her life were cheered by the +liberality of George IV. During a visit to Brighton, when he was Prince +Regent, he met old Phoebe, and was greatly interested in her history. He +ascertained that she was supported by a few benevolent townsmen, and the +kind-hearted Prince questioned her respecting the amount that would be +required to enable her to pass the remainder of her days in comfort. +"Half-a-guinea a week" said Phoebe Hessel, "will make me as happy as a +princess." That amount by order of her royal benefactor was paid to her +until the day of her death. She told capital stories, had an excellent +memory, and was in every respect most agreeable company. Her faculties +remained unimpared to within a few hours of her death. On September 22, +1821, she was visited by a person of some literary taste, and the +following particulars were obtained respecting her life. The writer +states: + +"I have seen to-day an extraordinary character in the person of Phoebe +Hessel, a poor woman stated to be 106 years of age. It appears that she +was born in March 1715, and at fifteen formed a strong attachment to +Samuel Golding, a private in the regiment called Kirk's Lambs, which was +ordered to the West Indies. She determined to follow her lover, enlisted +into the 5th regiment of foot, commanded by General Pearce, and embarked +after him. She served there five years without discovering herself to +anyone. At length they were ordered to Gibraltar. She was likewise at +Montserrat, and would have been in action, but her regiment did not reach +the place till the battle was decided. Her lover was wounded at Gibraltar +and sent to Plymouth; she then waited on the General's lady at Gibraltar, +disclosed her sex, told her story, and was immediately sent home. On her +arrival, Phoebe went to Samuel Golding in the hospital, nursed him there, +and when he came out, married and lived with him for twenty years; he had +a pension from Chelsea. After Golding's death, she married Hessel, has had +many children, and has been many years a widow. Her eldest son was a +sailor with Admiral Norris: he afterwards went to the East Indies, and, if +he is now alive, must be nearly seventy years of age. The rest of the +family are dead. At an advanced age, she earned a scanty livelihood at +Brighton by selling apples and gingerbread on the Marine Parade. + +[Illustration: A GRAVESTONE IN BRIGHTON CHURCHYARD.] + +"I saw this woman to-day in her bed, to which she is confined from having +lost the use of her limbs. She has even now, old and withered as she is, a +characteristic countenance, and, I should judge from her present +appearance, must have had a fine, though perhaps a masculine style of head +when young. I have seen many a woman at the age of sixty or seventy look +older than she does under the load of 108 years of human life. Her cheeks +are round and seem firm, though ploughed with many a small wrinkle. Her +eyes, though their sight is gone, are large and well formed. As soon as it +was announced that somebody had come to see her, she broke the silence of +her solitary thoughts and spoke. She began in a complaining tone, as if +the remains of a strong and restless spirit were impatient of the prison +of a decaying and weak body. 'Other people die, and I cannot,' she said. +Upon exciting her recollection of former days, her energy seemed roused, +and she spoke with emphasis. Her voice was strong for an old person; and I +could easily believe her when, upon being asked if her sex was not in +danger of being detected by her voice, she replied that she always had a +strong and manly voice. She appeared to take a pride in having kept her +secret, declaring that she told it to no man, woman, or child, during the +time she was in the army; 'for you know, Sir, a drunken man and a child +always tell the truth. But,' said she, 'I told my secret to the ground. I +dug a hole that would hold a gallon, and whispered it there.' While I was +with her the flies annoyed her extremely: she drove them away with a fan, +and said they seemed to smell her out as one that was going to the grave. +She showed me a wound she had received in her elbow by a bayonet. She +lamented the error of her former ways, but excused it by saying, 'When you +are at Rome, you must do as Rome does.' When she could not distinctly hear +what was said, she raised herself in the bed and thrust her head forward +with impatient energy. She said when the king saw her, he called her 'a +jolly old fellow.' Though blind, she could discern a glimmering light, and +I was told would frequently state the time of day by the effect of light." + +The next is copied from a time-worn stone in Weem churchyard, near +Aberfeldy, Perthshire:-- + + In memory of Captain James Carmichael, of Bockland's Regiment.--Died + 25th Nov. 1758: + + Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim? + What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim. + Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, + And man is born, as thee, to be forgot. + But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, + And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more. + +The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- + + Sacred + To the Memory of + Captain PATRICK CAMPBELL, + Late of the 42nd Regiment, + Who died on the xiii of December, + MDCCCXVI., + Aged eighty-three years, + A True Highlander, + A Sincere Friend, + And the best Deerstalker + Of his day. + +A gravestone in Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, states:-- + + Here lies, retired from busy scenes, + A first lieutenant of Marines, + Who lately lived in gay content + On board the brave ship "Diligent." + Now stripp'd of all his warlike show, + And laid in box of elm below, + Confined in earth in narrow borders, + He rises not till further orders. + +The next is from Dartmouth Churchyard:-- + + THOMAS GOLDSMITH, who died 1714. + + He commanded the "Snap Dragon," as Privateer belonging to this port, + in the reign of Queen Anne, in which vessel he turned pirate, and + amass'd much riches. + + Men that are virtuous serve the Lord; + And the Devil's by his friends ador'd; + And as they merit get a place + Amidst the bless'd or hellish race; + Pray then, ye learned clergy show + Where can this brute, Tom Goldsmith, go? + Whose life was one continued evil, + Striving to cheat God, Man, and Devil. + +We find the following at Woodbridge on JOSEPH SPALDING, Master and +Mariner, who departed this life Sept. 2nd, 1796, aged 55:-- + + Embark'd in life's tempestuous sea, we steer + 'Midst threatening billows, rocks and shoals; + But Christ by faith, dispels each wavering fear, + And safe secures the anchor of our souls. + +In Selby churchyard, the following is on JOHN EDMONDS, master mariner, who +died 5th Aug. 1767:-- + + Tho' Boreas, with his blustering blasts + Has tost me to and fro + Yet by the handiwork of God, + I'm here enclosed below. + And in this silent bay I lie + With many of our fleet, + Until the day that I set sail + My Saviour Christ to meet. + +Another, on the south side of Selby churchyard:-- + + The boisterous main I've travers'd o'er, + New seas and lands explored, + But now at last, I'm anchor'd fast, + In peace and silence moor'd. + +In the churchyard, Selby, near the north porch, in memory of WILLIAM +WHITTAKER, mariner, who died 22nd Oct., 1797, we read-- + + Oft time in danger have I been + Upon the raging main, + But here in harbour safe at rest + Free from all human pain. + +South-hill Church, Bedfordshire, contains a plain monument to the memory +of Admiral BYNG, who was shot at Portsmouth:-- + + To the perpetual disgrace of public justice, + The Honourable JOHN BYNG, Vice Admiral of the Blue, + fell a martyr to political persecution, March 14, + in the year 1757; + when bravery and loyalty were insufficent securities for + the life and honour of a naval officer. + +The following epitaph, inscribed on a stone in Putney Churchyard, is +nearly obliterated:-- + + Lieut ALEX. DAVIDSON + Royal Navy has Caus'd this Stone + to be Erected to the Memory of + HARRIOT his dearly beloved Wife + who departed this Life Jan 24 1808 + Aged 38 Years. + + I have crossed this Earth's Equator Just sixteen times + And in my Country's cause have brav'd far distant climes + In HOWE'S TRAFALGAR and several Victories more + Firm and unmov'd I heard the Fatal Cannons roar + Trampling in human blood I felt not any fear + Nor for my Slaughter'd gallant Messmates shed A tear + But of A dear Wife by Death unhappily beguil'd + Even the British Sailor must become A child + Yet when from this Earth God shall my soul unfetter + I hope we'll meet in Another World and a better. + +Some time ago a correspondent to the _Spectator_ stated: "As you are not +one to despise 'unconsidered trifles' when they have merit, perhaps you +will find room for the following epitaph, on a Deal Boatman, which I +copied the other day from a tombstone in a churchyard in that town:-- + + In Memory of GEORGE PHILLPOT, + Who died March 22nd, 1850, aged 74 years. + Full many a life he saved + With his undaunted crew; + _He put his trust in Providence_, + AND CARED NOT HOW IT BLEW. + +A hero; his heroic life and deeds, and the philosophy of religion, perfect +both in theory and practice, which inspired them, all described in four +lines of graphic and spirited verse! Would not 'rare Ben' himself have +acknowledged this a good specimen of 'what verse can say in a little?' +Whoever wrote it was a poet 'with the name.'" + +"There is another in the same churchyard, which though weak after the +above, and indeed not uncommon, I fancy, in seaside towns, is at least +sufficiently quaint:-- + + In Memory of JAMES EPPS BUTTRESS, who, in rendering assistance to the + French Schooner, "Vesuvienne," was drowned, December 27th, 1852, aged + 39. + + Though Boreas' blast and Neptune's wave + Did toss me to and fro, + In spite of both, by God's decree, + I harbour here below; + And here I do at anchor ride + With many of our fleet, + Yet once again I must set sail, + Our Admiral, Christ, to meet. + + Also two sons, who died in infancy, &c. + +The 'human race' typified by '_our fleet_,' excites vague reminiscences of +Goethe and Carlyle, and 'our Admiral Christ' seems not remotely associated +in sentiment with the 'We fight that fight for our fair father Christ,' +and 'The King will follow Christ and we the King,' of our grand poet. So +do the highest and the lowest meet. But the heartiness, the vitality, nay, +almost vivacity, of some of these underground tenantry is surprising. +There is more life in some of our dead folk than in many a living crowd." + +We copied the following five epitaphs from Hessle-road cemetery, Hull:-- + + WILLIAM EASTON, + Who was lost at sea, + In the fishing smack Martha, + In the gale of January, 1865. + Aged 30 years. + + When through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming; + When o'er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, + No hope lends a ray the poor fisher to cherish. + Oh hear, kind Jesus; save, Lord, or we perish! + + + In affectionate remembrance of + THOMAS CRACKLES + Humber Pilot, who was drowned off + The Lincolnshire Coast, + During the gale, October 19th, 1869. + Aged 24 years. + + How swift the torrent rolls + That hastens to the sea; + How strong the tide that bears our souls + On to Eternity. + + + In affectionate remembrance of + DAVID COLLISON, + Who was drowned in the "Spirit of the Age," + Off Scarborough, Jan. 6th, 1864. + Aged 36 years. + + I cannot bend over his grave, + He sleeps in the secret sea; + And not one gentle whisp'red wave + Can tell that place to me. + + Although unseen by human eyes, + And mortal know'd it not; + Yet Christ knows where his body lies, + And angels guard the spot. + + + ROBERT PICKERING, who was + Drowned from the smack "Satisfaction," + On the Dutch coast, May 7, 1869. + Aged 18 years. + + The waters flowed on every side, + No chance was there to save; + At last compelled, he bowed and died, + And found a watery grave. + + + In affectionate remembrance of + WILLIAM HARRISON, + 53 years Mariner of Hull, + Who died October 5th, 1864. + Aged 70 years. + + Long time I ploughed the ocean wide, + A life of toil I spent; + But now in harbour safe arrived + From care and discontent. + + My anchor's cast, my sails are furled, + And now I am at rest. + Of all the parts throughout the world, + Sailors, this is the best. + +Our next example is copied from a stone which is so fast decaying that +already some parts of the inscription are obliterated:-- + + Sacred + to the memory + of + WILLIAM WALKER, + . . . . .r of the Sloop Janatt, + . . . . . . . who was unfortunately + drowned off Flamborough Head, + 17th April, 1823. + Aged 41 years. + + This stone was Erected by + his Countrymen in + remembrance of his Death. + + I have left the troubled ocean, + And now laid down to sleep, + In hopes I shall set sail + Our Saviour Christ to meet. + +A gravestone in Horncastle churchyard, Lincolnshire, has this epitaph:-- + + My helm was gone, + My sails were rent, + My mast went by the board, + My hull it struck upon a rock, + Receive my soul, O Lord! + +On a sailor's gravestone in the burial-ground at Hamilton, we are told:-- + + The seas he ploughed for twenty years, + Without the smallest dread or fears: + And all that time was never known + To strike upon a bank or stone. + + + + +PUNNING EPITAPHS. + + +Puns in epitaphs have been very common, and may be found in Greek and +Latin, and still more plentifully in our English compositions. In the +French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and other languages, examples +may also be found. Empedrocles wrote an epitaph containing the +paronomasia, or pun, on a physician named Pausanias, and it has by +Merivale been happily translated:-- + + Pausanias--not so nam'd without a cause, + As one who oft has giv'n to pain a pause, + Blest son of Æsculapius, good and wise, + Here, in his native Gela, buried lies; + Who many a wretch once rescu'd by his charms + From dark Persephone's constraining arms. + +In Holy Trinity Church, Hull, is an example of a punning epitaph. It is on +a slab in the floor of the north aisle of the nave, to the memory of "The +Worshipful Joseph Field, twice Mayor of this town, and Merchant +Adventurer." He died in 1627, aged 63 years:-- + + Here is a Field sown, that at length must sprout, + And 'gainst the ripening harvest's time break out, + When to that Husband it a crop shall yield + Who first did dress and till this new-sown Field; + Yet ere this Field you see this crop can give, + The seed first dies, that it again may live. + _Sit Deus amicus, + Sanctis, vel in Sepulchris spes est._ + +On Bishop Theophilus Field, in Hereford Cathedral, ob. 1636, is another +specimen:-- + + The Sun that light unto three churches gave + Is set; this Field is buried in a grave. + This Sun shall rise, this Field renew his flowers, + This sweetness breathe for ages, not for hours. + +He was successively Bishop of Llandaff, St. David's, and Hereford. + +The following rather singular epitaph, with a play upon the name, occurs +in the chancel of Checkley Church, Staffordshire:-- + + To the Memory of the Reverend JAMES WHITEHALL, Rector of this place + twenty and five years, who departed this life the second daie of + March, 1644. + + White was his name, and whiter than this stone. + In hope of joyfole resurrection + Here lies that orthodox, that grave divine, + In wisdom trve, vertve did soe clearly shine; + One that could live and die as he hath done + Suffer'd not death but a translation. + Bvt ovt of charitie I'll speake no more, + Lest his friends pine with sighs, with teares the poor. + +From Hornsea Church we have the epitaph of Will Day, gentleman; he lived +34 years, died May 22nd, 1616:-- + + If that man's life be likened to a day, + One here interr'd in youth did lose a day, + By death, and yet no loss to him at all, + For he a threefold day gain'd by his fall; + One day of rest is bliss celestial, + Two days on earth by gifts terrestryall-- + Three pounds at Christmas, three at Easter Day, + Given to the poure until the world's last day, + This was no cause to heaven; but, consequent, + Who thither will, must tread the steps he went. + For why? Faith, Hope, and Christian Charity, + Perfect the house framed for eternity. + +On the east wall of the Chancel of Kettlethorpe Church, co. Lincoln, is a +tablet to the memory of "Johannes Becke, quondam Rector istius ecclesiæ," +who died 1597, with the following lines in old English characters:-- + + I am a BECKE, or river as you know, + And wat'red here ye church, ye schole, ye pore, + While God did make my springes here for to flow: + But now my fountain stopt, it runs no more; + From Church and schole mi life ys now bereft, + But no ye pore four poundes I yearly left. + +We may add that the stream of his charity still flows, and is yearly +distributed amongst the poor of Kettlethorpe. + +Bishop Sanderson, in his "Survey of Lincoln Cathedral," gives the +following epitaph of Dr. William Cole, Dean of Lincoln, who died in 1600. +The upper part of the stone, with Dr. Cole's arms, is, or was lately, in +the Cathedral, but the epitaph has been lost:-- + + Reader, behold the pious pattern here + Of true devotion and of holy fear. + He sought God's glory and the churches good. + Idle idol worship he withstood. + Yet dyed in peace, whose body here doth lie + In expectation of eternity. + And when the latter trump of heaven shall blow + Cole, now rak'd up in ashes, then shall glow. + +Here is another from Lincoln Cathedral, on Dr. Otwell Hill:-- + + 'Tis OTWELL HILL, a holy Hill, + And truly, sooth to say, + Upon this Hill be praised still + The Lord both night and day. + Upon this Hill, this HILL did cry + Aloud the scripture letter, + And strove your wicked villains by + Good conduct to make better. + And now this HILL, tho' under stones, + Has the Lord's Hill to lie on; + For Lincoln Hill has got his bones, + His soul the Hill of Sion. + +The _Guardian_, for 3rd Dec., 1873, gives the following epitaph as being +in Lillington Church, Dorset, on the grave of a man named Cole, who died +in 1669:-- + + Reader, you have within this grave + A Cole rak'd up in dust. + His courteous Fate saw it was Late, + And that to Bed he must. + Soe all was swept up to be Kept + Alive until the day + The Trump shall blow it up and shew + The Cole but sleeping lay. + Then do not doubt the Coles not out + Though it in ashes lyes, + That little sparke now in the Darke + Will like the Phoenyx rise. + +Our next example was inscribed in Peterborough Cathedral, to the memory of +Sir Richard Worme, ob. 1589:-- + + Does Worm eat Worme? Knight Worme this truth confirms, + For here, with worms, lies Worme, a dish for worms. + Does worm eat Worme? sure Worme will this deny, + For Worme with worms, a dish for worms don't lie. + 'Tis so, and 'tis not so, for free from worms + 'Tis certain Worme is blest without his worms. + +On a person named Cave, at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire, we have the +following epitaph: + + Here, in this Grave, there lies a Cave. + We call a Cave a Grave: + If Cave be Grave, and Grave be Cave, + Then, reader, judge, I crave, + Whether doth Cave here lie in Grave + Or Grave here lie in Cave: + If Grave in Cave here buried lie, + Then Grave, where is thy victory? + Go reader, and report, here lies a Cave, + Who conquers Death, and buries his own Grave. + +In Bletchley, ob. 1615, on Mrs. Rose Sparke:-- + + Sixty-eight years a fragrant Rose she lasted, + Noe vile reproach her virtues ever blasted; + Her autume past expects a glorious springe, + A second better life more flourishing. + + Hearken unto me, ye holy children, and bud forth as a Rose.--Eccles. + XXXIX., 13. + +From several punning epitaphs on the name of Rose we give one more +specimen. It is from Tawton Church, ob. 1652, on Rose Dart:-- + + A Rose springing Branch no sooner bloom'd, + By Death's impartial Dart lyes here entombed. + Tho' wither'd be the Bud, the stock relyes + On Christ, both sure by Faith and Hope to rise. + +In Barnstaple Church, ob. 1627, on Grace Medford, is an epitaph as +follows:-- + + Scarce seven years old this Grace in glory ends, + Nature condemns, but Grace the change commends; + For Gracious children, tho' they die at seven, + Are heirs-apparent to the Court of Heaven. + Then grudge not nature at so short a Race; + Tho' short, yet sweet, for surely 'twas God's Grace. + +On a punster the following was written:-- + + Beneath the gravel and these stones, + Lies poor JACK TIFFEY'S skin and bones; + His flesh I oft have heard him say, + He hoped in time would make good hay; + Quoth I, "How can that come to pass?" + And he replied, "All flesh is grass!" + + + + +EPITAPHS ON MUSICIANS AND ACTORS. + + +A few epitaphs relating to music and the drama now claim our attention. +Our first example is to be found in the cathedral at Norwich:-- + + Here WILLIAM INGLOTT, organist, doth rest, + Whose art in musick this Cathedral blest; + For descant most, for voluntary all, + He past on organ, song, and virginall. + He left this life at age of sixty-seven, + And now 'mongst angels all sings St. in Heaven; + His fame flies far, his name shall never die, + See, art and age here crown his memorie. + _Non digitis, Inglotte, tuis terrestria tangis, + Tangis nunc digitis organa celsa poli._ + Anno Dom. 1621. + Buried the last day This erected the 15th + of December, 1621. day of June, 1622. + +In Wakefield parish church a tablet bears an inscription as follows:-- + + In memory of + HENRY CLEMETSHAW, + upwards of fifty years organist + of this church, who died + May 7, 1821, aged 68 years. + + Now, like an organ, robb'd of pipes and breath, + Its keys and stops are useless made by death, + Tho' mute and motionless in ruins laid; + Yet when re-built by more than mortal aid, + This instrument, new voiced, and tuned, shall raise, + To God, its builder, hymns of endless praise. + +We copy the following from a monument in Holy Trinity Church, Hull:-- + + In memory of + GEORGE LAMBERT, + late Organist of this Church, + which office he held upwards of 40 years, + performing its duties with ability + and assiduity rarely exceeded, + affording delight to the lovers + of Sacred Harmony, + This Tablet is erected + by his Musical and private Friends, + aided by the brothers of the Humber + and Minerva Lodges of Free Masons of this Town + (being a member of the latter Lodge), + That they might place on record + the high sense they entertained + of his personal and professional merit. + He died Feb. 19th, 1838, aged 70 years, + And his Remains were interred at the + Parish Church of St. John in Beverley. + + Tho' like an Organ now in ruins laid, + Its stops disorder'd and its frame decay'd, + This instrument ere long new tun'd shall raise + To God, its Builder, notes of endless praise. + +From a churchyard in Wales we obtain the following curious epitaph on an +organ blower:-- + + Under this stone lies MEREDITH MORGAN, + Who blew the bellows of our church organ. + Tobacco he hated, to smoke most unwilling, + Yet never so pleased as when _pipes_ he was filling. + No reflection on him for rude speech could be cast, + Though he gave our old organ many a blast! + No puffer was he, though a capital blower; + He could blow double G, and now lies a note lower. + +Our next epitaph records the death of a fiddler, who appears to have been +so much attached to his wife that upon the day of her death he, too, +yielded to the grim tyrant. Of this pair, buried in Flixton churchyard, it +may be truly said: 'In life united, and in death not parted.' The +inscription is as follows:-- + + To the Memory of JOHN BOOTH, of Flixton, who died 16th March, 1778, + aged 43 years; on the same day and within a few hours of the death of + his wife HANNAH, who was buried with him in the same grave, leaving + seven children behind them. + + Reader, have patience, for a Moment Stay, + Nor grudge the Tribute of a friendly tear, + For John, who once made all our Village gay, + Has taken up his Clay-cold Lodging here. + + Suspended now his fiddle lies asleep, + That once with Musick us'd to charm the Ear. + Not for his Hannah long reserv'd to weep, + John yields to Fate with his companion dear. + + So tenderly he loved his dearer part, + His Fondness could not bear a stay behind; + And Death through Kindness seem'd to throw the dart + To ease his sorrow, as he knew his mind. + + In cheerful Labours all their Time they spent, + Their happy Lives in Length of Days acquir'd; + But Hand in Hand to Nature's God they went, + And just lay down to sleep when they were tir'd. + + The Relicks of this faithful, honest Pair + One little Space of Mother Earth contains. + Let Earth protect them with a Mother's Care, + And Constant Verdure grace her for her pains. + + The Pledges of their tender loves remain, + For seven fine children bless'd their nuptial State. + Behold them, neighbours! nor behold in vain, + But heal their Sorrows and their lost Estate. + +In the Old Cemetery, Newport, Monmouthshire, on a Scotch Piper, the +following appears:-- + + To the memory of Mr. JOHN MACBETH, late piper to His Grace + the Duke of Sutherland, and a native of the Highlands of Scotland: + Died April 24th, 1852, Aged 46 years. + + Far from his native land, beneath this stone, + Lies JOHN MACBETH, in prime of manhood gone; + A kinder husband never yet did breathe, + A firmer friend ne'er trod on Albyn's heath; + His selfish aims were all in heart and hand, + To be an honour to his native land, + As real Scotchmen wish to fall or stand. + A handsome _Gael_ he was, of splendid form, + Fit for a siege, or for the Northern Storm. + Sir Walter Scott remarked at Inverness, + "How well becomes Macbeth the Highland dress!" + His mind was stored with ancient Highland lore; + Knew Ossian's songs, and many bards of yore; + But music was his chief, and soul's delight. + And oft he played, with Amphion's skill and might, + His Highland pipe, before our Gracious Queen! + 'Mong Ladies gay, and Princesses serene! + His magic chanter's strains pour'd o'er their hearts, + With thrilling rapture soft as Cupid's darts! + Like Shakespeare's witches, scarce they drew the breath, + But wished, like them, to say, "All hail, Macbeth!" + The Queen, well pleased, gave him by high command, + A splendid present from her Royal hand! + But nothing aye could make him vain or proud, + He felt alike at Court or in a crowd; + With high and low his nature was to please, + Frank with the Peasant, with the Prince at ease. + Beloved by thousands till his race was run, + Macbeth had ne'er a foe beneath the sun; + And now he plays among the Heavenly bands, + A diamond chanter never made with hands. + +In the church of Ashover, Derbyshire, a tablet contains this +inscription:-- + + To the Memory of + DAVID WALL, + whose superior performance on the + bassoon endeared him to an + extensive musical acquaintance. + His social life closed on the + 4th Dec., 1796, in his 57th year. + +The next is copied from a gravestone in Stoney Middleton churchyard:-- + + In memory of GEORGE, the son of GEORGE and MARGARET SWIFT, of Stoney + Middleton, who departed this life August the 21st, 1759, in the 20th + year of his age. + + We the Quoir of Singers of this Church have erected this stone. + + He's gone from us, in more seraphick lays + In Heaven to chant the Great Jehovah's praise; + Again to join him in those courts above, + Let's here exalt God's name with mutual love. + +The following was written in memory of Madame Malibran, who died September +23rd, 1836:-- + + "The beautiful is vanished, and returns not." + + 'Twas but as yesterday, a mighty throng, + Whose hearts, as one man's heart, thy power could bow, + Amid loud shoutings hailed thee queen of song, + And twined sweet summer flowers around thy brow; + And those loud shouts have scarcely died away, + And those young flowers but half forgot thy bloom, + When thy fair crown is changed for one of clay-- + Thy boundless empire for a narrow tomb! + Sweet minstrel of the heart, we list in vain + For music now; THY melody is o'er; + _Fidelio_ hath ceased o'er hearts to reign, + _Somnambula_ hath slept to wake no more! + Farewell! thy sun of life too soon hath set, + But memory shall reflect its brightness yet. + +Garrick's epitaph in Westminster Abbey, reads:-- + + To paint fair Nature by divine command, + Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, + A SHAKESPEARE rose; then, to expand his fame + Wide o'er the breathing world, a GARRICK came: + Tho' sunk in death, the forms the poet drew + The actor's genius bade them breathe anew; + Tho', like the bard himself, in night they lay, + Immortal GARRICK call'd them back to day; + And till eternity, with power sublime, + Shall mark the mortal hour of hoary time, + SHAKESPEARE and GARRICK, like twin stars shall shine, + And earth irradiate with beams divine. + +A monument placed in Westminster to the memory of Mrs. Pritchard states:-- + + This Tablet is here placed by a voluntary subscription of those who + admired and esteemed her. She retired from the stage, of which she had + long been the ornament, in the month of April, 1768: and died at Bath + in the month of August following, in the 57th year of her age. + + Her comic vein had every charm to please, + 'Twas nature's dictates breath'd with nature's ease; + Ev'n when her powers sustain'd the tragic load, + Full, clear, and just, the harmonious accents flow'd, + And the big passions of her feeling heart + Burst freely forth, and show'd the mimic art. + Oft, on the scene, with colours not her own, + She painted vice, and taught us what to shun; + One virtuous tract her real life pursu'd, + That nobler part was uniformly good; + Each duty there to such perfection wrought, + That, if the precepts fail'd, the example taught. + +On a comedian named John Hippisley, interred in the churchyard of Clifton, +Gloucestershire, we have the following:-- + + When the Stage heard that death had struck her John, + Gay Comedy her Sables first put on; + Laughter lamented that her Fav'rite died, + And Mirth herself, ('tis strange) laid down and cry'd. + Wit droop'd his head, e'en Humour seem'd to mourn, + And solemnly sat pensive o'er his urn. + +Garrick's epitaph to the memory of James Quin, in Bath Cathedral, is very +fine:-- + + That tongue, which set the table in a roar, + And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more; + Closed are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, + Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ; + Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretch'd forth, + At friendship's call, to succour modest worth. + Here is JAMES QUIN! Deign, reader to be taught, + Whate'er thy strength of body, force of thought, + In Nature's happiest mould however cast, + "To this complexion thou must come at last." + +We next give an actor's epitaph on an artist. In Chiswick churchyard is +Garrick's epitaph on William Hogarth, (died Oct. 29, 1764, aged 67 years) +as follows:-- + + Farewell, great painter of mankind, + Who reach'd the noblest point of art, + Whose pictured morals charm the mind, + And thro' the eye correct the heart. + + If genius fire thee, reader, stay; + If nature touch thee, drop a tear; + If neither move thee, turn away, + For HOGARTH'S honour'd dust lies here. + + No marble pomp, or monumental praise, + My tomb, this dial--epitaph, these lays; + Pride and low mouldering clay but ill agree; + Death levels me to beggars--Kings to me. + + Alive, instruction was my work each day; + Dead, I persist instruction to convey; + Here, reader, mark, perhaps now in thy prime, + The stealthy steps of _never-standing Time_: + Thou'lt be what I am--catch the present hour, + Employ that well, for that's within thy power. + +In St. Mary's Church, Beverley, a tablet is placed in remembrance of a +notable Yorkshire actor:-- + + In Memory of + SAMUEL BUTLER, + A poor player that struts and + frets his hour upon the stage, and + then is heard no more. + Obt. June 15th 1812, + Æt. 62. + +Butler's gifted son, Samuel William, was buried in Ardwick cemetery, +Manchester. A gravestone placed to his memory bears the following eloquent +inscription by Charles Swain:-- + + Here rest the + mortal remains of + SAMUEL WILLIAM BUTLER, + Tragedian. + In him the stage lost a highly-gifted and accomplished actor, + one whose tongue the noblest creations + of the poet found truthful utterance. + After long and severe suffering he departed + this life the 17th day of July, in the year of + our Lord 1845. Aged 41 years. + + Whence this ambition, whence this proud desire, + This love of fame, this longing to aspire? + To gather laurels in their greenest bloom, + To honour life and sanctify the tomb? + 'Tis the Divinity that never dies, + Which prompts the soul of genius still to rise. + Though fade the Laurel, leaf by leaf away, + The soul hath prescience of a fadeless day; + And God's eternal promise, like a star, + From faded hopes still points to hopes afar; + Where weary hearts for consolation trust, + And bliss immortal quickens from the dust. + On this great hope, the painter, actor, bard, + And all who ever strove for Fame's reward, + Must rest at last; and all that earth have trod + Still need the grace of a forgiving God! + +A very interesting sketch of the life of Butler, from the pen of John +Evans, is given in the "Papers of the Manchester Literary Club" vol. iii, +published 1877. + +In many collections of epitaphs the following is stated to be inscribed on +a gravestone at Gillingham, but we are informed by the Vicar that no such +epitaph is to be found, nor is there any trace of it having been placed +there at any time:-- + + Sacred + To the Memory of + THOMAS JACKSON, Comedian, + Who was engaged 21st of December, 1741, to play a comic cast of + characters, in this great theatre--the world; for many of which + he was prompted by nature to excel. + + The season being ended, his benefit over, the charges all paid, and + his account closed, he made his exit in the tragedy of Death, on the + 17th of March, 1798, in full assurance of being called once more to + rehearsal; where he hopes to find his forfeits all cleared, his cast + of parts bettered, and his situation made agreeable, by Him who paid + the great stock-debt, for the love He bore to performers in general. + +The following epitaph was written by Swift on Dicky Pearce, who died 1728, +aged 63 years. He was a famous fool, and his name carries us back to the +time when kings and noblemen employed jesters for the delectation of +themselves and their friends. It is from Beckley, and reads as follows:-- + + Here lies the Earl of Suffolk's Fool, + Men call him DICKY PEARCE; + His folly serv'd to make men laugh, + When wit and mirth were scarce. + Poor Dick, alas! is dead and gone, + What signifies to cry? + Dickys enough are still behind + To laugh at by and by. + +In our "Historic Romance," published 1883, by Hamilton, Adams, and Co., +London, will be found an account of "Fools and Jesters of the English +Sovereigns," and we therein state that the last recorded instance of a +fool being kept by an English family, is that of John Hilton's Fool, +retained at Hilton Castle, Durham, who died in 1746. + +The following epitaph is inscribed on a tombstone in the churchyard of St. +Mary Friars, Shrewsbury, on Cadman, a famous "flyer" on the rope, +immortalised by Hogarth, and who broke his neck descending from a steeple +in Shrewsbury, in 1740:-- + + Let this small monument record the name + Of CADMAN, and to future times proclaim + How, by an attempt to fly from this high spire, + Across the _Sabrine_ stream, he did acquire + His fatal end. 'Twas not for want of skill, + Or courage to perform the task, he fell; + No, no,--a faulty cord being drawn too tight + Hurried his soul on high to take her flight, + Which bid the body here beneath, good-night. + +Joe Miller, of facetious memory, next claims our attention. We find it +stated in Chambers's "Book of Days" (issued 1869), as follows: Miller was +interred in the burial-ground of the parish of St. Clement Danes, in +Portugal Street, where a tombstone was erected to his memory. About ten +years ago, that burial-ground, by the removal of the mortuary remains, and +the demolition of the monuments, was converted into a site for King's +College Hospital. Whilst this not unnecessary, yet undesirable, +desecration was in progress, the writer saw Joe's tombstone lying on the +ground; and being told that it would be broken up and used as materials +for the new building, he took an exact copy of the inscription, which was +as follows: + + Here lye the Remains of + Honest JO : MILLER, + who was + a tender Husband, + a sincere Friend, + a facetious Companion, + and an excellent Comedian. + He departed this Life the 15th day of + August 1738, aged 54 years. + + If humour, wit, and honesty could save + The humourous, witty, honest, from the grave, + The grave had not so soon this tenant found, + Whom honesty, and wit, and humour, crowned; + Could but esteem, and love preserve our breath, + And guard us longer from the stroke of Death, + The stroke of Death on him had later fell, + Whom all mankind esteemed and loved so well. + + S. DUCK, + From respect to social worth, + mirthful qualities, and histrionic excellence, + commemorated by poetic talent in humble life. + The above inscription, which Time + had nearly obliterated, has been preserved + and transferred to this Stone, by order of + MR. JARVIS BUCK, Churchwarden, + A.D. 1816. + +[Illustration: JOE MILLER'S TOMBSTONE, ST. CLEMENT DANES CHURCHYARD, +LONDON.] + +An interesting sketch of the life of JOE MILLER will be found in the "Book +of Days," vol. II., page 216, and in the same informing and entertaining +work, the following notes are given respecting the writer of the foregoing +epitaph: "The 'S. DUCK,' whose name figures as author of the verses on +MILLER'S tombstone, and who is alluded to on the same tablet, by Mr. +Churchwarden Buck, as an instance of 'poetic talent in humble life,' +deserves a short notice. He was a thresher in the service of a farmer near +Kew, in Surrey. Imbued with an eager desire for learning, he, under most +adverse circumstances, managed to obtain a few books, and educate himself +to a limited degree. Becoming known as a rustic rhymer, he attracted the +attention of Caroline, queen of George II., who, with her accustomed +liberality, settled on him a pension of £30 per annum; she made him a +Yeoman of the Guard, and installed him as keeper of a kind of museum she +had in Richmond Park, called Merlin's Cave. Not content with these +promotions, the generous, but perhaps inconsiderate queen, caused Duck to +be admitted to holy orders, and preferred to the living of Byfleet, in +Surrey, where he became a popular preacher among the lower classes, +chiefly through the novelty of being the 'Thresher Parson.' This gave +Swift occasion to write the following quibbling epigram:-- + + "The thresher Duck could o'er the queen prevail; + The proverb says,--'No fence against a flail.' + From threshing corn, he turns to thresh his brains, + For which her Majesty allows him grains; + Though 'tis confest, that those who ever saw + His poems, think 'em all not worth a straw. + Thrice happy Duck! employed in threshing stubble! + Thy toil is lessened, and thy profits double. + +"One would suppose the poor thresher to have been beneath Swift's notice, +but the provocation was great, and the chastisement, such as it was, +merited. For though few men had ever less pretensions to poetical genius +than Duck, yet the Court party actually set him up as a rival--nay, as +superior--to Pope. And the saddest part of the affair was that Duck, in +his utter simplicity and ignorance of what really constituted poetry, was +led to fancy himself the greatest poet of the age. Consequently, +considering that his genius was neglected, and that he was not rewarded +according to his poetical deserts by being made the clergyman of an +obscure village, he fell into a state of melancholy, which ended in +suicide; affording another to the numerous instances of the very great +difficulty of doing good. If the well-meaning queen had elevated Duck to +the position of farm-bailiff, he might have led a long and happy life, +amongst the scenes and the classes of society in which his youth had +passed, and thus been spared the pangs of disappointed vanity and +misdirected ambition." + +Says a thoughtful writer, if truth, perspicuity, wit, gravity, and every +property pertaining to the ancient or modern epitaph, were ever united in +one of terse brevity, it was that made for Burbage, the tragedian, in the +days of Shakespeare:-- + + "Exit BURBAGE." + +Jerrold, perhaps, with that brevity, which is the soul of wit, trumped the +above by his anticipatory epitaph on that excellent man and distinguished +historian, Charles Knight:-- + + "Good KNIGHT." + + + + +EPITAPHS ON NOTABLE PERSONS. + + +We have under this heading some curious graveyard gleanings on remarkable +men and women. Our first is from a tombstone erected in the churchyard of +Spofforth, at the cost of Lord Dundas, telling the remarkable career of +John Metcalf, better known as "Blind Jack of Knaresborough":-- + + Here lies JOHN METCALF, one whose infant sight + Felt the dark pressure of an endless night; + Yet such the fervour of his dauntless mind, + His limbs full strung, his spirits unconfined, + That, long ere yet life's bolder years began, + The sightless efforts marked th' aspiring man; + Nor marked in vain--high deeds his manhood dared, + And commerce, travel, both his ardour shared. + 'Twas his a guide's unerring aid to lend-- + O'er trackless wastes to bid new roads extend; + And, when rebellion reared her giant size, + 'Twas his to burn with patriot enterprise; + For parting wife and babes, a pang to feel, + Then welcome danger for his country's weal. + Reader, like him, exert thy utmost talent given! + Reader, like him, adore the bounteous hand of Heaven. + +He died on the 26th of April, 1801, in the 93rd year of his age. + +A few jottings respecting Metcalf, will probably be read with interest. At +the age of six years he lost his sight by an attack of small-pox. Three +years later he joined the boys in their bird-nesting exploits, and climbed +trees to share the plunder. When he had reached thirteen summers he was +taught music, and soon became a proficient performer; he also learned to +ride and swim, and was passionately fond of field-sports. At the age of +manhood it is said his mind possessed a self-dependence rarely enjoyed by +those who have the perfect use of their faculties; his body was well in +harmony with his mind, for when twenty-one years of age he was six feet +one and a-half inches in height, strong and robust in proportion. At the +age of twenty-five, he was engaged as a musician at Harrogate. About this +time he was frequently employed during the dark nights as a guide over the +moors and wilds, then abundant in the neighbourhood of Knaresborough. He +was a lover of horse-racing, and often rode his own animals. His horses he +so tamed that when he called them by their respective names they came to +him, thus enabling him to find his own amongst any number and without +trouble. Particulars of the marriage of this individual read like a +romance. A Miss Benson, daughter of an innkeeper, reciprocated the +affections of our hero; however, the suitor did not please the parents of +the "fair lady," and they selected a Mr. Dickinson as her future husband. +Metcalf, hearing that the object of his affection was to be married the +following day to the young man selected by her father, hastened to free +her by inducing the damsel to elope with him. Next day they were made man +and wife, to the great surprise of all who knew them, and to the +disappointment of the intended son-in-law. To all it was a matter of +wonder how a handsome woman as any in the country, the pride of the place, +could link her future with 'Blind Jack,' and, for his sake, reject the +many good offers made her. But the bride set the matter at rest by +declaring: "His actions are so singular, and his spirit so manly and +enterprising, that I could not help it." + +It is worthy of note that he was the first to set up, for the public +accommodation of visitors to Harrogate, a four-wheeled chaise and a +one-horse chair; these he kept for two seasons. He next bought horses and +went to the coast for fish, which he conveyed to Leeds and Manchester. In +1745, when the rebellion broke out in Scotland, he joined a regiment of +volunteers raised by Colonel Thornton, a patriotic gentleman, for the +defence of the House of Hanover. Metcalf shared with his comrades all the +dangers of the campaign. He was defeated at Falkirk, and victorious at +Culloden. He was the first to set up (in 1754) a stage-waggon between York +and Knaresborough, which he conducted himself twice a week in summer, and +once a week in winter. This employment he followed until he commenced +contracting for road-making. His first contract was for making three miles +of road between Minskip and Ferrensby. He afterwards erected bridges and +houses, and made hundreds of miles of roads in Yorkshire, Lancashire, +Cheshire, and Derbyshire. He was a dealer in timber and hay, of which he +measured and calculated the solid contents by a peculiar method of his +own. The hay he always measured with his arms, and, having learned the +height, he could tell the number of square yards in the stack. When he +went out, he always carried with him a stout staff some inches taller than +himself, which was of great service both in his travels and measurements. +In 1778 he lost his wife, after thirty-nine years of conjugal felicity, in +the sixty-first year of her age. She was interred at Stockport. Four years +later he left Lancashire, and settled at the pleasant rural village of +Spofforth, not far distant from the town of his nativity. With a daughter, +he resided on a small farm until he died, in 1801. At the time of his +decease, his descendants were four children, twenty grandchildren, and +ninety great-grandchildren. + +[In one of our articles in _Chambers's Journal_ we furnished the foregoing +sketch, and it has since been reproduced in many newspapers and in several +volumes.] + +In "Yorkshire Longevity," compiled by Mr. William Grainge, of Harrogate, a +most painstaking writer on local history, will be found an interesting +account of Henry Jenkins, a celebrated Yorkshireman. It is stated: "In the +year 1743, a monument was erected, by subscription, in Bolton churchyard, +to the memory of Jenkins; it consists of a square base of freestone, four +feet four inches on each side, by four feet six inches in height, +surmounted by a pyramid eleven feet high. On the east side is inscribed:-- + + This monument was + erected by contribution, + in ye year 1743, to ye memory + of HENRY JENKINS. + +On the west side:-- + + HENRY JENKINS, + Aged 169. + +In the church, on a mural tablet of black marble, is inscribed the +following epitaph, composed by Dr. Thomas Chapman, Master of Magdalen +College, Cambridge:-- + + Blush not, marble, + to rescue from oblivion + the memory of + HENRY JENKINS: + a person obscure in birth, + but of a life truly memorable; + for + he was enriched + with the goods of nature, + if not of fortune, + and happy + in the duration, + if not variety, + of his enjoyments: + and, + tho' the partial world + despised and disregarded + his low and humble state, + the equal eye of Providence + beheld, and blessed it + with a patriarch's health and length of days: + to teach mistaken man, + these blessings were entailed on temperance, + or, a life of labour and a mind at ease. + He lived to the amazing age of 169; + was interred here, Dec. 6, (or 9,) 1670, + and had this justice done to his memory 1743. + +This inscription is a proof that learned men, and masters of colleges, are +not always exempt from the infirmity of writing nonsense. Passing over the +modest request to the _black_ marble not to blush, because it may _feel_ +itself degraded by bearing the name of the plebeian Jenkins, when it ought +only to have been appropriated to kings and nobles, we find but +questionable philosophy in this inappropriate composition. + +The multitude of great events which took place during the lifetime of this +man are truly wonderful and astonishing. He lived under the rule of nine +sovereigns of England--Henry VII.; Henry VIII.; Edward VI.; Mary; +Elizabeth; James I.; Charles I.; Oliver Cromwell; and Charles II. He was +born when the Roman Catholic religion was established by law. He saw the +dissolution of the monasteries, and the faith of the nation +changed--Popery established a second time by Queen Mary--Protestantism +restored by Elizabeth--the Civil War between Charles and the Parliament +begun and ended--Monarchy abolished--the young Republic of England, +arbiter of the destinies of Europe--and the restoration of Monarchy under +the libertine Charles II. During his time, England was invaded by the +Scots; a Scottish King was slain, and a Scottish Queen beheaded in +England; a King of Spain and a King of Scotland were Kings in England; +three Queens and one King were beheaded in England in his days; and fire +and plague alike desolated London. His lifetime appears like that of a +nation, more than an individual, so long was it extended and so crowded +was it with such great events." + +The foregoing many incidents remind us of the well-known Scottish epitaph +on Marjory Scott, who died February 26th, 1728, at Dunkeld, at the extreme +age of one hundred years. According to Chambers's "Domestic Annals of +Scotland," the following epitaph was composed for her by Alexander +Pennecuik, but never inscribed, and it has been preserved by the reverend +statist of the parish, as a whimsical statement of historical facts +comprehended within the life of an individual:-- + + Stop, passenger, until my life you read, + The living may get knowledge from the dead. + Five times five years I led a virgin life, + Five times five years I was a virtuous wife; + Ten times five years I lived a widow chaste, + Now tired of this mortal life I rest. + Betwixt my cradle and my grave hath been + Eight mighty kings of Scotland and a queen. + Full twice five years the Commonwealth I saw. + Ten times the subjects rise against the law; + And, which is worse than any civil war, + A king arraigned before the subject's bar. + Swarms of sectarians, hot with hellish rage, + Cut off his royal head upon the stage. + Twice did I see old prelacy pulled down, + And twice the cloak did sink beneath the gown. + I saw the Stuart race thrust out; nay, more, + I saw our country sold for English ore; + Our numerous nobles, who have famous been, + Sunk to the lowly number of sixteen. + Such desolation in my days have been, + I have an end of all perfection seen! + +A foot-note states: "The minister's version is here corrected from one of +the _Gentleman's Magazines_ for January 1733; but both are incorrect, +there having been during 1728 and the one hundred preceding years no more +than six kings of Scotland." + +In Scott's "Tales of a Grandfather," there is an account of the Battle of +Lillyard's Edge, which was fought in 1545. The spot on which the battle +occurred is so called from an Amazonian Scottish woman, who is reported, +by tradition, to have distinguished herself in the fight. An inscription +which was placed on her tombstone was legible within the present century, +and is said to have run thus:-- + + Fair Maiden Lillyard lies under this stane, + Little was her stature, but great was her fame; + Upon the English louns she laid many thumps, + And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps. + +The tradition says that a beautiful young lady, called Lillyard, followed +her lover from the little village of Maxton, and when she saw him fall in +battle, rushed herself into the heat of the fight, and was killed, after +slaying several of the English. + +On one of the buttresses on the south side of St. Mary's Church, at +Beverley, is an oval tablet, to commemorate the fate of two Danish +soldiers, who, during their voyage to Hull, to join the service of the +Prince of Orange, in 1689, quarrelled, and having been marched with the +troops to Beverley, during their short stay there sought a private meeting +to settle their differences by the sword. Their melancholy end is recorded +in a doggerel epitaph, of which we give an illustration. + +In the parish registers the following entries occur:-- + + 1689, December 16.--Daniel Straker, a Danish trooper buried. + " December 23.--Johannes Frederick Bellow, a Danish trooper, + beheaded for killing the other, buried. + +In a note from the Rev. Jno. Pickford, M.A., we are told: "The mode of +execution was, it may be presumed, by a broad two-handed sword, such a +one as Sir Walter Scott has particularly described in "Anne of +Geierstein," as used at the decapitation of Sir Archibald de Hagenbach, +"and which the executioner is described as wielding with such address and +skill. The Danish culprit was, like the oppressive knight, probably bound +and seated in a chair; but such swords as those depicted on the tablet +could not well have been used for the purpose, for they are long, narrow +in the blade, and perfectly straight." + +[Illustration: TABLET AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BEVERLEY.] + +We have in the "Diary of Abraham de la Pryme," the Yorkshire Antiquary, +some very interesting particulars respecting the Danes. Writing in 1689, +the diarist tells us: "Towards the latter end of the aforegoing year, +there landed at Hull about six or seven thousand Danes, all stout fine +men, the best equip'd and disciplin'd of any that was ever seen. They were +mighty godly and religious. You would seldom or never hear an oath or ugly +word come out of their mouths. They had a great many ministers amongst +them, whome they call'd pastours, and every Sunday almost, ith' afternoon, +they prayed and preach'd as soon as our prayers was done. They sung almost +all their divine service, and every ministre had those that made up a +quire whom the rest follow'd. Then there was a sermon of about +half-an-houre's length, all _memoratim_, and then the congregation broke +up. When they adminstered the sacrament, the ministre goes into the church +and caused notice to be given thereof, then all come before, and he +examined them one by one whether they were worthy to receive or no. If +they were he admitted them, if they were not he writ their names down in a +book, and bid them prepare against the next Sunday. Instead of bread in +the sacrament, I observed that they used wafers about the bigness and +thickness of a sixpence. They held it no sin to play at cards upon +Sundays, and commonly did everywhere where they were suffered; for indeed +in many places the people would not abide the same, but took the cards +from them. Tho' they loved strong drink, yet all the while I was amongst +them, which was all this winter, I never saw above five or six of them +drunk." + +The diarist tells us that the strangers liked this country. It appears +they worked for the farmers, and sold tumblers, cups, spoons, &c., which +they had imported, to the English. They acted in the courthouse a play in +their own language, and realised a good sum of money by their +performances. The design of the piece was "Herod's Tyranny--The Birth of +Christ--The Coming of the Wise Men." + +In Bolton churchyard, Lancashire, is a gravestone of considerable +historical interest. It has been incorrectly printed in several books and +magazines, but we are able to give a literal copy drawn from a carefully +compiled "History of Bolton," by John D. Briscoe:-- + + JOHN OKEY, + + The servant of God, was borne in London, 1608, came into this toune in + 1629, married Mary, daughter of James Crompton, of Breightmet, 1635, + with whom he lived comfortably 20 yeares, & begot 4 sons and 6 + daughters. Since then he lived sole till the da of his death. In his + time were many great changes, & terrible alterations--18 yeares Civil + Wars in England, besides many dreadful sea fights--the crown or + command of England changed 8 times, Episcopacy laid aside 14 yeares; + London burnt by Papists, & more stately built againe; Germany wasted + 300 miles; 200,000 protestants murdered in Ireland, by the papists; + this toune thrice stormed--once taken, & plundered. He went throw many + troubles and divers conditions, found rest, joy, & happines only in + holines--the faith, feare, and loue of God in Jesus Christ. He died + the 29 of Ap and lieth here buried, 1684. Come Lord Jesus, o come + quickly. Holiness is man's happines. + + [THE ARMS OF OKEY.] + +We gather from Mr. Briscoe's history that Okey was a woolcomber, and came +from London, to superintend some works at Bolton, where he married the +niece of the proprietor, and died in affluence. + +Bradley, the "Yorkshire Giant," was buried in the Market Weighton church, +and on a marble monument the following inscription appears:-- + + In memory of + WILLIAM BRADLEY, + (Of Market Weighton,) + Who died May 30th, 1820, + Aged 33 years. + He Measured + Seven feet nine inches in Height, + and Weighed + twenty-seven stones. + +In "Celebrities of the Yorkshire Wolds," by Frederick Ross, an interesting +sketch of Bradley is given. Mr Ross states that he was a man of temperate +habits, and never drank anything stronger than water, milk, or tea, and +was a very moderate eater. + +In Hampsthwaite churchyard was interred a "Yorkshire Dwarf." Her +gravestone states:-- + + In memory of JANE RIDSDALE, daughter of George and Isabella Ridsdale, + of Hampsthwaite, who died at Swinton Hall, in the parish of Masham, on + the 2nd day of January, 1828, in the 59th year of her age. Being in + stature only 31-1/2 inches high. + + Blest be the hand divine which gently laid + My head at rest beneath the humble shade; + Then be the ties of friendship dear; + Let no rude hand disturb my body here. + +In the burial-ground of St. Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, is a +gravestone to Lambert of surprising corpulency:-- + + In remembrance of that prodigy in nature, + DANIEL LAMBERT, + a native of Leicester, + who was possessed of an excellent and convivial mind, and + in personal greatness had no competitor. + He measured three feet one inch round the leg, nine feet four + inches round the body, and weighed 52 stones 11lbs. + (14lb. to the stone). + He departed this life on the 21st of June, 1809, aged 39 years. + As a testimony of respect, this stone was erected by his + friends in Leicester. + +Respecting the burial of Lambert we gather from a sketch of his life the +following particulars: "His coffin, in which there was a great difficulty +to place him, was six feet four inches long, four feet four inches wide, +and two feet four inches deep; the immense substance of his legs made it +necessarily a square case. This coffin, which consisted of 112 superficial +feet of elm, was built on two axle-trees, and four cog-wheels. Upon these +his remains were rolled into his grave, which was in the new burial ground +at the back of St. Martin's Church. A regular descent was made by sloping +it for some distance. It was found necessary to take down the window and +wall of the room in which he lay to allow of his being taken away." + +In St. Peter's churchyard, Isle of Thanet, a gravestone bears the +following inscription:-- + + In memory of Mr. RICHARD JOY called the + Kentish Samson + Died May 18th 1742 aged 67 + + Hercules Hero Famed for Strength + At last Lies here his Breadth and Length + See how the mighty man is fallen + To Death ye strong and weak are all one + And the same Judgment doth Befall + Goliath Great or David small. + +Joy was invited to Court to exhibit his remarkable feats of strength. In +1699 his portrait was published, and appended to it was an account of his +prodigious physical power. + +The next epitaph is from St. James's cemetery, Liverpool:-- + + Reader pause. Deposited beneath are the remains of + SARAH BIFFIN, + + who was born without arms or hands, at Quantox Head, County of + Somerset, 25th of October, 1784, died at Liverpool, 2nd October, 1850. + Few have passed through the vale of life so much the child of hapless + fortune as the deceased: and yet possessor of mental endowments of no + ordinary kind. Gifted with singular talents as an Artist, thousands + have been gratified with the able productions of her pencil! whilst + versatile conversation and agreeable manners elicited the admiration + of all. This tribute to one so universally admired is paid by those + who were best acquainted with the character it so briefly portrays. Do + any inquire otherwise--the answer is supplied in the solemn admonition + of the Apostle-- + + Now no longer the subject of tears, + Her conflict and trials are o'er, + In the presence of God she appears + + * * * * + +Our correspondent, Mrs. Charlotte Jobling, from whom we received the +above, says: "The remainder is buried. It stands against the wall, and +does not appear to now mark the grave of Miss Biffin." Mr. Henry Morley, +in his carefully prepared and entertaining "Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair," +writing about the fair of 1799, mentions Miss Biffin. "She was found," +says Mr. Morley, "in the Fair, and assisted by the Earl of Morton, who sat +for his likeness to her, always taking the unfinished picture away with +him when he left, that he might prove it to be all the work of her own +shoulder. When it was done he laid it before George III., in the year +1808; obtained the King's favour for Miss Biffin; and caused her to +receive, at his own expense, further instruction in her art from Mr. +Craig. For the last twelve years of his life he maintained a +correspondence with her; and, after having enjoyed favour from two King +Georges, she received from William IV. a small pension, with which, at the +Earl's request, she retired from a life among caravans. But fourteen years +later, having been married in the interval, she found it necessary to +resume, as Mrs. Wright, late Miss Biffin, her business as a skilful +miniature painter, in one or two of our chief provincial towns." + +The following on Butler, the author of "Hudibras," merits a place in our +pages. The first inscription is from St. Paul's, Covent Garden:-- + + BUTLER, the celebrated author of "Hudibras," was buried in this + church. Some of the inhabitants, understanding that so famous a man + was there buried, and regretting that neither stone nor inscription + recorded the event, raised a subscription for the purpose of erecting + something to his memory. Accordingly, an elegant tablet has been put + up in the portico of the church, bearing a medallion of that great + man, which was taken from his monument in Westminster Abbey. + +The following lines were contributed by Mr. O'Brien, and are engraved +beneath the medallion:-- + + A few plain men, to pomp and pride unknown, + O'er a poor bard have rais'd this humble stone, + Whose wants alone his genius could surpass, + Victim of zeal! the matchless "Hudibras." + What, tho' fair freedom suffer'd in his page, + Reader, forgive the author--for the age. + How few, alas! disdain to cringe and cant, + When 'tis the mode to play the sycophant. + But oh! let all be taught, from BUTLER'S fate, + Who hope to make their fortunes by the great; + That wit and pride are always dangerous things, + And little faith is due to courts or kings. + +The erection of the above monument was the occasion of this very good +epigram by Mr. S. Wesley:-- + + Whilst BUTLER (needy wretch!) was yet alive, + No gen'rous patron would a dinner give; + See him, when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust, + Presented with a monumental bust! + The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, + He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. + +It is worth remarking that the poet was starving, while his prince, +Charles II., always carried a "Hudibras" in his pocket. + +The inscription on his monument in the Abbey is as follows:-- + + Sacred to the Memory of + SAMUEL BUTLER, + + Who was born at Strensham, in Worcestershire, 1612, and died at + London, 1680; a man of uncommon learning, wit, and probity: as + admirable for the product of his genius, as unhappy in the rewards of + them. His satire, exposing the hypocrisy and wickedness of the rebels, + is such an inimitable piece, that, as he was the first, he may be + said to be the last writer in his peculiar manner. That he, who, when + living, wanted almost everything, might not, after death, any longer + want so much as a tomb, John Barber, citizen of London, erected this + monument 1721. + +Here are a few particulars respecting an oddity, furnished by a +correspondent: "Died, at High Wycombe, Bucks, on the 24th May, 1837, Mr. +John Guy, aged 64. His remains were interred in Hughenden churchyard, near +Wycombe. On a marble slab, on the lid of his coffin, is the following +inscription:-- + + Here, without nail or shroud, doth lie + Or covered by a pall, JOHN GUY. + + Born May 17th, 1773. + Died ---- 24th, 1837. + +On his grave-stone these lines are inscribed:-- + + In coffin made without a nail, + Without a shroud his limbs to hide; + For what can pomp or show avail, + Or velvet pall, to swell the pride. + Here lies JOHN GUY beneath this sod, + Who lov'd his friends, and fear'd his God. + +This eccentric gentleman was possessed of considerable property, and was a +native of Gloucestershire. His grave and coffin were made under his +directions more than a twelvemonth before his death; the inscription on +the tablet on his coffin, and the lines placed upon his gravestone, were +his own compositions. He gave all necessary orders for the conducting of +his funeral, and five shillings were wrapped in separate pieces of paper +for each of the bearers. The coffin was of singular beauty and neatness in +workmanship, and looked more like a piece of tasteful cabinet work +intended for a drawing-room, than a receptable for the dead. + +Near the great door of the Abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester, says Mr. Henry +Calvert Appleby, at the bottom of the body of the building, is a marble +monument to John Jones, dressed in the robes of an alderman, painted in +different colours. Underneath the effigy, on a tablet of black marble, are +the following words:-- + + JOHN JONES, alderman, thrice mayor of the city, burgess of the + Parliament at the time of the gunpowder treason; registrar to eight + several Bishops of this diocese. + +He died in the sixth year of the reign of King Charles, on the first of +June, 1630. He gave orders for his monument to be raised in his lifetime. +When the workmen had fixed it up, he found fault with it, remarking that +the _nose was too red_. While they were altering it, he walked up and down +the body of the church. He then said that he had himself almost finished, +so he paid off the men, and died the next morning. + +The next epitaph from Newark, Nottinghamshire, furnishes a chapter of +local history:-- + + Sacred to the memory + Of HERCULES CLAY, Alderman of Newark, + Who died in the year of his Mayoralty, + Jan. 1, 1644. + On the 5th of March, 1643, + He and his family were preserved + By the Divine Providence + From the thunderbolt of a terrible cannon + Which had been levelled against his house + By the Besiegers, + And entirely destroyed the same. + Out of gratitude for this deliverance, + He has taken care + To perpetuate the remembrance thereof + By an alms to the poor and a sermon; + By this means + Raising to himself a Monument + More durable than Brass. + + The thund'ring Cannon sent forth from its mouth the devouring Flames + Against my Household Gods, and yours, O Newark. + The Ball, thus thrown, Involved the House in Ruin; + But by a Divine Admonition from Heaven I was saved, + Being thus delivered by a strength Greater than that of Hercules, + And having been drawn out of the deep Clay, + I now inhabit the stars on high. + Now, Rebel, direct thy unavailing Fires at Heaven, + Art thou afraid to fight against God--thou + Who hast been a Murderer of His People? + Thou durst not, Coward, scatter thy Flames + Whilst Charles is lord of earth and skies. + + Also of his beloved wife + Mary (by the gift of God) + Partaker of the same felicity. + + Wee too made one by his decree + That is but one in Trinity, + Did live as one till death came in + And made us two of one agen; + Death was much blamed for our divorce, + But striving how he might doe worse + By killing th' one as well as th' other, + He fairely brought us both togeather, + Our soules together where death dare not come, + Our bodyes lye interred beneath this tomb, + Wayting the resurrection of the just, + O knowe thyself (O man), thou art but dust.[1] + + [1] "Annals of Newark-upon-Trent," by Cornelius Brown, published 1879. + +It is stated that Charles II., in a gay moment asked Rochester to write +his epitaph. Rochester immediately wrote:-- + + Here lies the mutton-eating king, + Whose word no man relied on; + Who never said a foolish thing, + Nor ever did a wise one. + +On which the King wrote the following comment:-- + + If death could speak, the king would say, + In justice to his crown, + His _acts_ they were the minister's, + His words they were his own. + +Our friend, Mr. Thomas Broadbent Trowsdale, F.R.H.S., who has written much +and well in history, folk-lore, etc., tells us: "In the fine old church of +Chepstow, Monmouthshire, nearly opposite the reading desk, is a memorial +stone with the following curious acrostic inscription, in capital +letters:-- + + HERE SEPT. 9TH, 1680, + WAS BURIED + A TRUE BORN ENGLISHMAN, + Who, in Berkshire, was well known + To love his country's freedom 'bove his own: + But being immured full twenty year + Had time to write, as doth appear-- + + HIS EPITAPH. + + H ere or elsewhere (all's one to you or me) + E arth, Air, or Water gripes my ghostly dust, + N one knows how soon to be by fire set free; + R eader, if you an old try'd rule will trust, + Y ou'll gladly do and suffer what you must. + + M y time was spent in serving you and you, + A nd death's my pay, it seems, and welcome too; + R evenge destroying but itself, while I + T o birds of prey leave my old cage and fly; + E xamples preach to the eye--care then, (mine says) + N ot how you end, but how you spend your days. + +This singular epitaph points out the last resting place of Henry Marten, +one of the judges who condemned King Charles I. to the scaffold. On the +Restoration, Marten was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, Chepstow +Castle being selected as the place of his incarceration. There he died in +1680, in the twenty-eighth year of his captivity, and seventy-eighth of +his age. He was originally interred in the chancel of the church; but a +subsequent vicar of Chepstow, Chest by name, who carried his petty party +animosities even beyond the grave, had the dead man's dust removed, +averring that he would not allow the body of a regicide to lie so near the +altar. And so it was that Marten's memorial came to occupy its present +position in the passage leading from the nave to the north aisle. We are +told that one, Mr. Downton, a son-in-law of this pusillanimous parson, +touched to the quick by his relative's harsh treatment of poor Marten's +inanimate remains, retorted by writing this satirical epitaph for the Rev. +Mr. Chest's tombstone:-- + + Here lies at rest, I do protest, + One CHEST within another! + The chest of wood was very good,-- + Who says so of the other? + +Some doubt has been thrown on the probability of a man of Marten's culture +having written, as is implied in the inscription, the epitaph which has a +place on his memorial. + +The regicide was a son of Sir Henry Marten, a favourite of the first +James, and by him appointed Principal Judge of the Admiralty and Dean of +Arches. Young Henry was himself a prominent person during the period of +the disastrous Civil War, and was elected Member of Parliament for +Berkshire in 1640. He was, in politics, a decided Republican, and threw in +his lot with the Roundhead followers of sturdy Oliver. When the tide of +popular favour turned in Charles II.'s direction, and Royalty was +reinstated, Marten and the rest of the regicides were brought to judgment +for signing the death warrant of their monarch. The consequence, in +Marten's case, was life-long imprisonment, as we have seen, in Chepstow +Castle." + +Next is a copy of an acrostic epitaph from Tewkesbury Abbey:-- + + Here lyeth the body of THOMAS MERRETT, of Tewkesbury, + Barber-chirurgeon, who departed this life the 22nd day of October, + 1699. + + T hough only Stone Salutes the reader's eye, + H ere (in deep silence) precious dust doth lye, + O bscurely Sleeping in Death's mighty store, + M ingled with common earth till time's no more, + A gainst Death's Stubborne laws, who dares repine, + S ince So much Merrett did his life resigne. + + M urmurs and Teares are useless in the grave, + E lse hee whole Vollies at his Tomb might have. + R est here in Peace; who like a faithful steward, + R epair'd the Church, the Poore and needy cur'd; + E ternall mansions do attend the Just, + T o clothe with Immortality their dust, + T ainted (whilst under ground) with wormes and rust. + +Under the shadow of the ancient church of Bakewell, Derbyshire, is a stone +containing a long inscription to the memory of John Dale, barber-surgeon, +and his two wives, Elizabeth Foljambe and Sarah Bloodworth. It ends +thus:-- + + Know posterity, that on the 8th of April, in the year of grace 1757, + the rambling remains of the above JOHN DALE were, in the 86th yeare of + his pilgrimage, laid upon his two wives. + + This thing in life might raise some jealousy, + Here all three lie together lovingly, + But from embraces here no pleasure flows, + Alike are here all human-joys and woes; + Here Sarah's chiding John no longer hears, + And old John's rambling Sarah no more fears; + A period's come to all their toylsome lives, + The good man's quiet; still are both his wives. + +The following is from St. Julian's church, Shrewsbury:-- + + The remains of HENRY CORSER of this parish, Chirurgeon, who Deceased + April 11, 1691, and Annie his wife, who followed him the next day + after:-- + + We man and wife, + Conjoined for Life, + Fetched our last breath + So near that Death, + Who part us would, + Yet hardly could. + Wedded againe, + In bed of dust, + Here we remaine, + Till rise we must. + A double prize this grave doth finde, + If you are wise keep it in minde. + +In St. Anne's Churchyard, Soho, erected by the Earl of Orford (Walpole), +in 1758, these lines were (or are) to be read:-- + + Near this place is interred + THEODORE, King of Corsica, + Who died in this Parish + December XI., MDCCLVI., + Immediately after leaving + The _King's Bench Prison_, + By the benefit of the _Act of Insolvency_; + In consequence of which + He _registered his Kingdom of Corsica + For the use of his Creditors_! + + The grave--great teacher--to a level brings + Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings! + But THEODORE this moral learned, ere dead; + Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, + Bestow'd a kingdom, and denied him bread. + +In the burial-ground of the Island of Juan Fernandez, a monument states:-- + + In Memory of + ALEXANDER SELKIRK, + Mariner, + A native of Largo, in the county of Fife, Scotland, + Who lived on this island, in complete + solitude, for four years and four months. + He was landed from the Cinque Ports galley, 96 tons, + 18 guns, A.D. 1704, and was taken off in the + Duke, privateer, 12th February, 1709. + He died Lieutenant of H.M.S. Weymouth, + A.D. 1723, aged 47 years. + This Tablet is erected near Selkirk's look out, + By Commodore Powell and the Officers + of H.M.S. Topaze, A.D. 1868. + +It is generally believed that the adventures of Selkirk suggested to +Daniel Defoe the attractive story of "Robinson Crusoe." In the "Dictionary +of English Literature," by William Davenport Adams, will be found +important information bearing on this subject. + +In _Gloucester Notes and Queries_ we read as follows: "Stout's Hill is the +name of a house situated on high ground to the south of the Village of +Uley, built in the style which, in the last century, was intended for +Gothic, but which may be more exactly defined as the 'Strawberry Hill' +style. In a house of earlier date lived the father of Samuel Rudder, the +laborious compiler of the _History of Gloucestershire_ (1779). He lies in +the churchyard of Uley, on the south side of the chancel, and his +grave-stone has a brass-plate inserted, which records a remarkable fact:-- + + Underneath lies the remains of ROGER RUTTER, _alias_ RUDDER, eldest + son of John Rutter, of Uley, who was buried August 30, 1771, aged 84 + years, having never eaten flesh, fish, or fowl, during the course of + his long life. + +Tradition tells us that this vegetarian lived mainly on 'dump,' in various +forms. Usually he ate 'plain dump:' when tired of plain dump, he changed +his diet to 'hard dump;' and when he was in a special state of +exhilaration, he added the variety of 'apple dump' to his very moderate +fare." + +On the gravestone of Richard Turner, Preston, a hawker of fish, the +following inscription appears:-- + + Beneath this stone are deposited the remains of RICHARD TURNER, author + of the word Teetotal, as applied to abstinence from all intoxicating + liquors, who departed this life on the 27th day of October, 1846, aged + 56 years. + +In Mr. W. E. A. Axon's able and entertaining volume, "Lancashire +Gleanings" (pub. 1883), is an interesting chapter on the "Origin of the +Word 'Teetotal.'" In the same work we are told that Dr. Whitaker, the +historian of Whalley, wrote the following epitaph on a model publican:-- + + Here lies the Body of + JOHN WIGGLESWORTH, + More than fifty years he was the + perpetual Innkeeper in this Town. + Withstanding the temptations of that dangerous calling, + he maintained good order in his + House, kept the Sabbath day Holy, + frequented the Public Worship + with his Family, induced his guests + to do the same, and regularly + partook of the Holy Communion. + He was also bountiful to the Poor, + in private as well as in public, + and, by the blessings of Providence + on a life so spent, died + possessed of competent Wealth, + Feb. 28, 1813, + aged 77 years. + +The churchyard of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, contains a gravestone +bearing an inscription as follows:-- + + As a warning to female virtue, + And a humble monument of female chastity, + This stone marks the grave of + MARY ASHFORD, + Who, in the 20th year of her age, having + Incautiously repaired to a scene of amusement, + Was brutally violated and murdered + On the 27th of May, 1817. + + Lovely and chaste as the primrose pale, + Rifled of virgin sweetness by the gale, + Mary! the wretch who thee remorseless slew + Avenging wrath, who sleeps not, will pursue; + For though the deed of blood was veiled in night, + Will not the Judge of all mankind do right? + Fair blighted flower, the muse that weeps thy doom, + Rears o'er thy murdered form this warning tomb. + +The writer of the foregoing epitaph was Dr. Booker, vicar of Dudley. The +inscription is associated with one of the most remarkable trials of the +present century. It will not be without interest to furnish a few notes on +the case. One Abraham Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes for the +murder of Mary Ashford, and acquitted. The brother and next of kin of the +deceased, not being satisfied with the verdict, sued out, as the law +allowed him, an appeal against Thornton, by which he could be put on his +trial again. The law allowed the appeal in case of murder, and it also +gave option to the accused of having it tried by wager of law or by wager +of battle. The brother of the unfortunate woman had taken no account of +this, and accordingly, not only Mr. Ashford, but the judge, jury, and bar +were taken greatly aback, and stricken with dismay when the accused, being +requested to plead, took a paper from Mr. Reader, his counsel, and a pair +of gloves, one of which he drew on, and, throwing the other on the ground, +exclaimed, "Not guilty; and I am ready to defend the same with my body!" +Lord Ellenborough on the bench appeared grave, and the accuser looked +amazed, so the court was adjourned to enable the judge to have an +opportunity of conferring with his learned brethren. After several +adjournments, Lord Ellenborough at last declared solemnly, but +reluctantly, that wager of battle was still the law of the land, and that +the accused had a right of appeal to it. To get rid of the law an attempt +was made, by passing a short and speedy Act of Parliament, but this was +ruled impossible, as it would have been _ex post facto_, and people wanted +curiously to see the lists set up in the Tothill Fields. As Mr. Ashford +refused to meet Thornton, he was obliged to cry "craven!" After that the +appellor was allowed to go at large, and he could not be again tried by +wager of law after having claimed his wager of battle. In 1819 an Act was +passed to prevent any further appeals for wager of battle. + +The following is copied from a gravestone in Saddleworth churchyard, and +tells a painful story:-- + + Here lies interred the dreadfully bruised and lacerated bodies of + WILLIAM BRADBURY and THOMAS his son, both of Greenfield, who were + together savagely murdered, in an unusually horrible manner, on Monday + night, April 2nd, 1832, old William being 84, and Thomas 46 years old. + + Throughout the land, wherever news is read, + Intelligence of their sad death has spread; + Those now who talk of far-fam'd Greenfield's hills + Will think of Bill i' Jacks and Tom o' Bills. + + Such interest did their tragic end excite + That, ere they were removed from human sight, + Thousands upon thousands daily came to see + The bloody scene of the catastrophe. + One house, one business, and one bed, + And one most shocking death they had; + One funeral came, one inquest pass'd, + And now one grave they have at last. + +The following on a Hull character is from South Cave churchyard:-- + + In memory of THOMAS SCATCHARD, + Who dy'd rich in friends, Dec. 10, 1809. + Aged 58 years. + That Ann lov'd Tom, is very true, + Perhaps you'll say, what's that to you. + Who e'er thou art, remember this, + Tom lov'd Ann, 'twas that made bliss. + +In Welton churchyard, near Hull, the next curious inscription appears on +an old gravestone:-- + + Here lieth He ould JEREMY, who hath eight times maried been, but now + in his ould Age, he lies in his cage, under The gras so Green, which + JEREMIAH SIMPSON departed this life in the 84 yeare of his age, in the + year of our Lord 1719. + +Mr. J. Potter Briscoe favours us with an account of a famous local +character, and a copy of his epitaph. According to Mr. Briscoe, Vincent +Eyre was by trade a needle-maker, and was a firm and consistent Tory in +politics, taking an active interest in all the party struggles of the +period. His good nature and honesty made him popular among the poor +classes, with whom he chiefly associated. A commendable trait in his +character is worthy of special mention, namely, that, notwithstanding +frequent temptations, he spurned to take a bribe from any one. In the year +1727 an election for a Member of Parliament took place, and all the ardour +of Vin's nature was at once aroused in the interests of his favourite +party. The Tory candidate, Mr. Borlase Warren, was opposed by Mr. John +Plumtree, the Whig nominee, and, in the heat of the excitement, Vin +emphatically declared that he should not mind dying immediately if the +Tories gained the victory. Strange to relate, such an event actually +occurred, for when the contest and the "chairing" of the victor was over, +he fell down dead with joy, September 6th, 1727. The epitaph upon him is +as follows:-- + + Here lies VIN EYRE; + Let fall a tear + For one true man of honour; + No courtly lord, + Who breaks his word, + Will ever be a mourner. + In freedom's cause + He stretched his jaws, + Exhausted all his spirit, + Then fell down dead. + It must be said + He was a man of merit. + Let Freemen be + As brave as he, + And vote without a guinea; + VIN EYRE is hurled + To t'other world, + And ne'er took bribe or penny. + True to his friend, to helpless parent kind, + He died in honour's cause, to interest blind. + Why should we grieve life's but an airy toy? + We vainly weep for him who died of joy. + +We will next give some account of an eccentric Lincolnshire schoolmaster, +named William Teanby, who resided for many years at Winterton. Respecting +the early years of his career we have not been able to obtain any +information. At the age of 30, he was engaged as a school-master in the +vestry of Winterton church. He had many scholars, and continued teaching +until he had attained a very advanced age. Some years before his death a +gravestone was ordered, whereon he cut in ancient court hand the epitaph +of his wife and children. From this slab he mostly took his food, and long +before his death, placed on two pieces of wood, it served him for a table. +After the epitaph of his wife and children, he left a vacancy for his own +name and age, to be inserted by a friend, which was done at his death. The +coffin in which he proposed being buried was used by him a considerable +time as a cupboard. The old man retained perfect possession of his senses +to the last, and at the age of 95 attended the Lincoln assizes, and gave +away as curiosities, many circular pieces of paper for watches, not larger +than half-a-crown, on which he had written the Lord's prayer and creed. He +was habitually serious. Through attending his school in the church, he +became familiar with the house of death; in feasting from his stone slab, +he enjoyed his meals from the very source which was afterwards to record +the events of his life; and in what was his every day cupboard he now +enjoys a peaceful and quiet rest. He passed away at the advanced age of +97. The tombstone bears the following lines:-- + + To us grim death but sadly harsh appears, + Yet all the ill we feel, is in our fears; + To die is but to live, upon that shore + Where billows never beat, nor tempests roar; + For ere we feel its probe, the pang is o'er; + The wife, by faith, insulting death defies; + The poor man resteth in yon azure skies;-- + That home of ease the guilty ne'er can crave, + Nor think to dwell with God, beyond the grave;-- + It eases lovers, sets the captive free, + And though a tyrant he gives liberty. + +The following lines also appear on the same stone:-- + + Death's silent summons comes unto us all, + And makes a universal funeral!-- + Spares not the tender babe because it's young, + Youth too, and its men in years, and weak and strong! + Spares not the wicked, proud, and insolent, + Neither the righteous, just, nor innocent; + All living souls, must pass the dismal doom + Of mournful death, to join the silent tomb. + +The following lines to the memory of Thomas Stokes are from his gravestone +in Burton churchyard, upon which a profile of his head is cut. He for many +years swept the roads in Burton:-- + + This stone + was raised by Subscription + to the memory of + THOMAS STOKES, + an eccentric, but much respected, + Deaf and Dumb man, + better known by the name of + "DUMB TOM," + who departed this life Feb. 25th, 1837, + aged 54 years. + + What man can pause and charge this senseless dust + With fraud, or subtilty, or aught unjust? + How few can conscientiously declare + Their acts have been as honourably fair? + No gilded bait, no heart ensnaring need + Could bribe poor STOKES to one dishonest deed. + Firm in attachment to his friends most true-- + Though Deaf and Dumb, he was excell'd by few. + Go ye, by nature form'd without defect, + And copy Tom, and gain as much respect. + +Next we deal with an instance of pure affection. The churchyard of the +Yorkshire village of Bowes contains the grave of two lovers, whose +touching fate suggested Mallet's beautiful ballad of "Edward and Emma." +The real names of the couple were Rodger Wrightson and Martha Railton. The +story is rendered with no less accuracy than pathos by the poet:-- + + Far in the windings of the vale, + Fast by a sheltering wood, + The safe retreat of health and peace, + A humble cottage stood. + + There beauteous Emma nourished fair, + Beneath a mother's eye; + Whose only wish on earth was now + To see her blest and die. + + Long had she filled each youth with love, + Each maiden with despair, + And though by all a wonder owned, + Yet knew not she was fair. + + Till Edwin came, the pride of swains, + A soul devoid of art; + And from whose eyes, serenely mild, + Shone forth the feeling heart. + +We are told that Edwin's father and sister were bitterly opposed to their +love. The poor youth pined away. When he was dying Emma, was permitted to +see him, but the cruel sister would scarcely allow her to bid him a word +of farewell. Returning home, she heard the passing bell toll for the death +of her lover-- + + Just then she reached, with trembling step, + Her aged mother's door-- + "He's gone!" she cried, "and I shall see + That angel face no more!" + + "I feel, I feel this breaking heart + Beat high against my side"-- + From her white arm down sunk her head; + She, shivering, sighed, and died. + +The lovers were buried the same day and in the same grave. In the year +1848, Dr. F. Dinsdale, F.S.A., editor of the "Ballads and Songs of David +Mallet," etc., erected a simple but tasteful monument to the memory of the +lovers, bearing the following inscription:-- + + RODGER WRIGHTSON, junr., and MARTHA RAILTON, both of Bowes; buried in + one grave. He died in a fever, and upon tolling his passing bell, she + cry'd out My heart is broke, and in a few hours expired, purely thro' + love, March 15, 1714-15. Such is the brief and touching record + contained in the parish register of burials. It has been handed down + by unvarying tradition that the grave was at the west end of the + church, directly beneath the bells. The sad history of these true and + faithful lovers forms the subject of Mallet's pathetic ballad of + "Edwin and Emma."[2] + + [2] Black's "Guide to Yorkshire." + +In St. Peter's churchyard, Barton-on-Humber, there is a tombstone with the +following strange inscription:-- + + Doom'd to receive half my soul held dear, + The other half with grief, she left me here. + Ask not her name, for she was true and just; + Once a fine woman, but now a heap of dust. + +As may be inferred, no name is given; the date is 1777. A curious and +romantic legend attaches to the epitaph. In the above year an unknown lady +of great beauty, who is conjectured to have loved "not wisely, but too +well," came to reside in the town. She was accompanied by a gentleman, who +left her after making lavish arrangements for her comfort. She was proudly +reserved in her manners, frequently took long solitary walks, and +studiously avoided all intercourse. In giving birth to a child she died, +and did not disclose her name or family connections. After her decease, +the gentleman who came with her arrived, and was overwhelmed with grief at +the intelligence which awaited him. He took the child away without +unravelling the secret, having first ordered the stone to be erected, and +delivered into the mason's hands the verse, which is at once a mystery and +a memento. Such are the particulars gathered from "The Social History and +Antiquities of Barton-on-Humber," by H. W. Ball, issued in 1856. Since the +publication of Mr. Ball's book, we have received from him the following +notes, which mar somewhat the romantic story as above related. We are +informed that the person referred to in the epitaph was the wife of a man +named Jonathan Burkitt, who came from the neighbourhood of Grantham. He +had been _valet de chambre_ to some gentleman or nobleman, who gave him a +large sum of money on his marrying the lady. They came to reside at +Barton, where she died in childbirth. Burkitt, after the death of his +wife, left the town, taking the infant (a boy), who survived. In about +three years he returned, and married a Miss Ostler, daughter of an +apothecary at Barton. He there kept the King's Head, a public-house at +that time. The man got through about £2000 between leaving Grantham and +marrying his second wife. + +On the north wall of the chancel of Southam Church is a slab to the memory +of the Rev. Samuel Sands, who, being embarrassed in consequence of his +extensive liberality, committed suicide in his study (now the hall of the +rectory). The peculiarity of the inscription, instead of suppressing +inquiry, invariably raises curiosity respecting it:-- + + Near this place was deposited, on the 23rd April, 1815, the remains of + S. S., 38 years rector of this parish. + +In Middleton Tyas Church, near Richmond, is the following:-- + + This Monument rescues from Oblivion + the Remains of the Reverend JOHN MAWER, D.D., + Late vicar of this Parish, who died Nov. 18, 1763, aged 60. + As also of HANNAH MAWER, his wife, who died + Dec. 20th, 1766, aged 72. + Buried in this Chancel. + They were persons of eminent worth. + The Doctor was descended from the Royal Family + of Mawer, and was inferior to none of his illustrious + ancestors in personal merit, being the greatest + Linguist this Nation ever produced. + He was able to speak & write twenty-two Languages, + and particularly excelled in the Eastern Tongues, + in which he proposed to His Royal Highness + Frederick Prince of Wales, to whom he was firmly + attached, to propagate the Christian Religion + in the Abyssinian Empire; a great & noble + Design, which was frustrated by the + Death of that amiable Prince; to the great mortification of + this excellent Person, whose merit meeting with + no reward in this world, will, it's to be hoped, receive + it in the next, from that Being which Justice + only can influence. + + + + +MISCELLANEOUS EPITAPHS. + + +We bring together under this heading a number of specimens that we could +not include in the foregoing chapters of classified epitaphs. + +Our example is from Bury St. Edmunds churchyard:-- + + Here lies interred the Body of + MARY HASELTON, + A young maiden of this town, + Born of Roman Catholic parents, + And virtuously brought up, + Who, being in the act of prayer + Repeating her vespers, + Was instantaneously killed by a + flash of Lightning, August 16th, + 1785. Aged 9 years. + + Not Siloam's ruinous tower the victims slew, + Because above the many sinn'd the few, + Nor here the fated lightning wreaked its rage + By vengeance sent for crimes matur'd by age. + For whilst the thunder's awful voice was heard, + The little suppliant with its hands uprear'd, + Addressed her God in prayers the priest had taught, + His mercy craved, and His protection sought; + Learn reader hence that wisdom to adore, + Thou canst not scan and fear His boundless power; + Safe shalt thou be if thou perform'st His will, + Blest if he spares, and more blest should He kill. + +A lover at York inscribed the following lines to his sweetheart, who was +accidentally drowned, December 24, 1796:-- + + Nigh to the river Ouse, in York's fair city, + Unto this pretty maid death shew'd no pity; + As soon as she'd her pail with water fill'd + Came sudden death, and life like water spill'd. + +An accidental death is recorded on a tombstone in Burton Joyce churchyard, +placed to the memory of Elizabeth Cliff, who died in 1835:-- + + This monumental stone records the name + Of her who perished in the night by flame + Sudden and awful, for her hoary head; + She was brought here to sleep amongst the dead. + Her loving husband strove to damp the flame + Till he was nearly sacrificed the same. + Her sleeping dust, tho' by thee rudely trod, + Proclaims aloud, prepare to meet thy God. + +We are told that a tombstone in Creton churchyard states:-- + + On a Thursday she was born, + On a Thursday made a bride, + On a Thursday put to bed, + On a Thursday broke her leg, and + On a Thursday died. + +From Ashburton we have the following:-- + + Here I lie, at the chancel door, + Here I lie, because I'm poor; + The farther in, the more you pay, + Here I lie as warm as they. + +In the churchyard of Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire, a good specimen of a true +Englishman is buried, named Samuel Cleater, who died May 1st, 1811, aged +65 years. The two-lined epitaph has such a genuine, sturdy ring about it, +that it deserves to be rescued from oblivion:-- + + True to his King, his country was his glory, + When Bony won, he said it was a story. + +A monument in Bakewell church, Derbyshire is a curiosity, blending as it +does in a remarkable manner, business, loyalty, and religion:-- + + To the memory of MATTHEW STRUTT, of this town, farrier, long famed in + these parts for veterinary skill. A good neighbour, and a staunch + friend to Church and King. Being Churchwarden at the time the present + peal of bells were hung, through zeal for the house of God, and + unremitting attention to the airy business of the belfry, he caught a + cold, which terminated his existence May 25, 1798, in the 68th year of + his age. + +In Tideswell churchyard, among several other singular gravestone +inscriptions, the following occurs, and is worth reprinting:-- + + In Memory of + BRIAN, Son of JOHN and MARTHA HAIGH, + who died 22nd December, 1795, + Aged 17 years. + + Come honest sexton, with thy spade, + And let my grave be quickly made; + Make my cold bed secure and deep, + That, undisturbed, my bones may sleep, + Until that great tremendous day, + When from above a voice shall say,-- + "Awake, ye dead, lift up your eyes, + Your great Creator bids you rise!" + Then, free from this polluted dust, + I hope to be amongst the just. + +[Illustration] + +The old church of St. Mary's, Sculcoates, Hull, contains several +interesting monuments, and we give a sketch of one, a quaint-looking mural +memorial, having on it an inscription in short-hand. In Sheahan's "History +of Hull," the following translation is given:-- + + In the vault beneath this stone lies the body of Mrs. JANE DELAMOTH, + who departed this life, 10th January, 1761. She was a poor sinner, but + not wicked without holiness, departing from good works, and departed + in the Faith of the Catholic Church, in full assurance of eternal + happiness, by the agony and bloody sweat, by the cross and passion, by + the precious death and burial, by the glorious resurrection and + ascension of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen. + +We believe that the foregoing is a unique epitaph, at all events we have +not heard of or seen any other monumental inscription in short-hand. + +The following curious epitaph is from Wirksworth, Derbyshire:-- + + Near this place lies the body of + PHILIP SHULLCROSS, + + Once an eminent Quill-driver to the attorneys in this Town. He died + the 17th of Nov. 1787, aged 67. + + Viewing Philip in a moral light, the most prominent and remarkable + features in his character were his zeal and invincible attachment to + dogs and cats, and his unbounded benevolence towards them, as well as + towards his fellow-creatures. + + TO THE CRITIC. + + Seek not to show the devious paths Phil trode, + Nor tear his frailties from their dread abode, + In modest sculpture let this tombstone tell, + That much esteem'd he lived, and much regretted fell. + +At Castleton, in the Peak of Derbyshire, is another curious epitaph, +partly in English and partly in Latin, to the memory of an attorney-at-law +named Micah Hall, who died in 1804. It is said to have been penned by +himself, and is more epigrammatic than reverent. It is as follows:-- + + To + The memory of + MICAH HALL, Gentleman, + Attorney-at-Law, + Who died on the 14th of May, 1804, + Aged 79 years. + + Quid eram, nescitis; + Quid sum, nescitis; + Ubi abii, nescitis; + Valete. + +This verse has been rendered thus:-- + + What I was you know not-- + What I am you know not-- + Whither I am gone you know not-- + Go about your business. + +In Sarnesfield churchyard, near Weobley, is the tombstone of John Abel, +the celebrated architect of the market-houses of Hereford, Leominster, +Knighton, and Brecknock, who died in the year 1694, having attained the +ripe old age of ninety-seven. The memorial stone is adorned with three +statues in kneeling posture, representing Abel and his two wives; and also +displayed are the emblems of his profession--the rule, the compass, and +the square--the whole being designed and sculptured by himself. The +epitaph, a very quaint one, was also of his own writing, and runs thus:-- + + This craggy stone a covering is for an architector's bed; + That lofty buildings raisèd high, yet now lyes low his head; + His line and rule, so death concludes, are lockèd up in store; + Build they who list, or they who wist, for he can build no more. + + His house of clay could hold no longer, + May Heaven's joy build him a stronger. + JOHN ABEL. + Vive ut vivas in vitam æternam. + +The following inscription copied from a monument at Darfield, near +Barnsley, records a murder which occurred on the spot where the stone is +placed:-- + + Sacred + To the Memory of + THOMAS DEPLEDGE, + Who was murdered at Darfield, + On the 11th of October, 1841. + + At midnight drear by this wayside + A murdered man poor DEPLEDGE died, + The guiltless victim of a blow + Aimed to have brought another low, + From men whom he had never harmed + By hate and drunken passions warmed. + Now learn to shun in youth's fresh spring + The courses which to ruin bring. + +The following singular verse occurs upon a tombstone contiguous to the +chancel door in Grindon churchyard, near Leek, Staffordshire:-- + + Farewell, dear friends; to follow me prepare; + Also our loss we'd have you to beware, + And your own business mind. 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Historical, +Biographical, Literary, and Miscellaneous; with an Essay by Samuel +Johnson, LL.D., London: 1806, 12mo., 2 vols. + +----, Collection, A, of Curious and Interesting, copied from the existing +monuments of distinguished and noted characters in the Churches and +Churchyards of Hornsey, Tottenham, Enfield, Edmonton, Barnet, and Hadley, +in the county of Middlesex, 1875, 8vo, with plates and arms. + +----, On, and Elegiac Inscriptions. _Dublin University Magazine_, vol. 40, +pp. 206-212. + +----, Original Collection, An, of Extant Epitaphs, gathered by a +'Commercial' in Spare Moments. London: Maiben, 1870, 8vo. + +----, Original and Selected, with an Historical and Moral Essay on the +subject; by a Clergyman, 1840, 8vo. + +----, Scriptural, London: Smith and Elder, 1847, 18mo. + +----, Select Collection of, A, not to be found in any other; dedicated to +the Archbishops and Bishops. London, 1754, 8vo. + +----, Some Curious, _Chambers's Journal_, vol. 57, pp. 666-668. + +----, Traders', _Chambers's Journal_, vol. 50, pp. 377-379. + +---- and Epigrams. _The Norfolk Garland_, 1872, 8vo, pp. 142-147. +[Epitaphs on W. Slater, the Yarmouth Stage Coachman, Micaiah Sage, Sir +Thomas Hare, Bart., Beatrice, wife of John Guavor, John Dowe, Thomas Allyn +and his two wives, Robert Gilbert, Prebendary J. Spendlove and his wife, +Richard Corbet, D.D., William Inglott, Organist of Norwich Cathedral, Tom +Page.] + +---- and Epigrams, Curious, Quaint, and Amusing, from various sources. +London: Palmer, 1869, 12mo., 120 pp. + +Fairley, W., F.S. S., Mining Engineer. Epitaphiana: or, The Curiosities of +Churchyard Literature. Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Epitaphs. With +an Introduction, giving an account of the various customs prevailing +amongst the Ancients and Moderns in the Disposal of their Dead. 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An Elegy on the Death of Lady Asgill, Lady of Sir +Charles Asgill, Knt., and Alderman of London; to which is added, An +Epitaph on the late Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., of Gillingham, in the county +of Norfolk. London, 1754, fol. + +Garrick, David. Epitaphs on Claudy Philips, A Lady's Bullfinch, A +Clergyman, William Hogarth, James Quin, Sterne, Mr. Holland, Mr. Beighton, +Whitehead, Howard. _Poetical Works_, 1785, 12mo., 2 vols., vol. 2, pp. +480-486. + +Gibson, James. Inscriptions on the Tombstones and Monuments erected in +Memory of the Covenanters. With Historical Introduction and Notes. +Glasgow: Dunn and Wright, 176 Buchanan St., n.d. [1879], 12mo., pp. +viii-291. [With five plates]. + + The above interesting sketches were written for the _Ardrossan and + Saltcoats Herald_, and appeared in that paper during the spring and + summer of 1875. + +Graham, William. A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, +Ancient and Modern; with an Emblematical Frontispiece, [Lanercost Priory, +Camb.]. Second edition; London: for T. and J. Allman, 1823, 8vo, pp. +iv-320. + +Hackett, John, late Commoner of Balliol College, Oxford. Select and +Remarkable Epitaphs on Illustrious and other Persons in Several Parts of +Europe. With Translations of such as are in Latin and Foreign Languages. +And Compendious Accounts of the Deceased, their Lives and Works. London: +Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, in Gray's Inn, 1757, 8vo, 2 vols., +pp. 288, 246, and Indexes, (22 pp.) + +Hall-Stevenson, John. Works: containing Crazy Tales, Fables for grown +Gentlemen, Lyric Epistles, Pastoral Cordial, Pastoral Puke, Macarony +Fables, Monkish Epitaphs. London, 1793-5, 8vo, 3 vols. + +Hare, Augustus J. C. Epitaphs for Country Churchyards, Collected and +Arranged. Oxford: Parker and Co., 1856, 12mo., 70 pp. + +Harrison, Rev. F. 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[With a frontispiece (St. Michael's +Church and Churchyard) and vignette title]. + + This is a most valuable local work. + +Macgregor, Major Robert Guthrie, of the Bengal Retired List. Epitaphs from +the Greek Anthology. Translated. London: Nissen and Parker, 1857, 8vo, 230 +pp. + +Macrae, D. Queer Epitaphs. Book of Blunders. London: Simpkin, Marshall, +and Co., 1872. + +Maitland, Charles, M.D. The Church in the Catacombs: a Description of the +Primitive Church of Rome, Illustrated by its Sepulchral Remains. London: +Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. 1846, 8vo, 312 pp., with +illustrations. + + Chapter III. of this work gives an interesting account of the + Catacombs as a Christian Cemetery. + +Memorials of the Dead, The Journal of the Society for Preserving the, in +the Churches and Churchyards of Great Britain. Norwich: Samuel Sayer, +1883, 8vo, Nos. 1-4. (continued). + + A Quarterly Magazine of twenty-four pages. + +Mills, J., of Cowbit, Lincolnshire. Verses, Odes, &c., on Spalding, and +Letters and Epitaphs, addressed to various persons and subjects, n.d., +4to, 42 pp. + +Monteith, Robert, M.A. A Theatre of Mortality: or, the Illustrious +Inscriptions extant upon the Monuments in the Grey Friars' Church Yard, +&c., in Edinburgh and its Suburbs. Edinburgh, 1704. + + A Further Collection of Funeral Inscriptions over Scotland. Edinburgh, + 1713, small 8vo, 2 vols. + +Neve, John Le. Monumenta Anglicana: being Inscriptions on the Monuments of +several Eminent Persons. London, 1717-19, 8vo, 5 vols. + + Lives, The, Characters, Deaths, Burials and Epitaphs, &c., of all the + Protestant Bishops of the Church of England, since the Reformation as + settled by Queen Elizabeth, A.D., 1559. London, 1731, 8vo, vol. 1, in + two parts; part 1, 268 pp., part 2, 288 pp. + +Norfolk, Horatio Edward. Gleanings in Graveyards: a Collection of Curious +Epitaphs. London: J. R. Smith, 1861, 12mo., 172 pp.; Second edition, 1861, +12mo., 172 pp.; Third edition, revised and enlarged, 1866, 12mo., 228 pp. + + + +Northend, Charles. A Book of Epitaphs. New York, 1873, 12mo., 171 pp. + +Norwood Cemetery, a Descriptive Sketch, with Copies of the Inscriptions, +etc., 1847, 8vo, 42 pp., with many cuts. + +Orchard, R. A New Selection of Epitaphs and Remarkable Monumental +Inscriptions. Second edit., 1827, 12mo. + +Parr, Samuel, D.D. Latin Inscriptions, _Works, Edited by J. Johnstone, +M.D._, vol. iv, pp. 559-655; English Inscriptions, ib. pp. 656-676; +Illustrations of the Preceding Inscriptions, ib. pp. 677-720; and +Correspondence Illustrative of the Inscriptions, vol. viii., pp. 555-656. + +Parish Minister, A, Verses for Graves Stones in Churchyards. London, 1816, +8vo. + +Parsons, Rev. Philip, M.A. The Monuments and Painted Glass of upwards of +one hundred Churches, chiefly in the Eastern Part of Kent; most of which +were examined by the Editor in person, and the rest communicated by the +resident clergy. With an Appendix, containing three Churches in other +counties [Hadleigh and Lavenham, Suffolk, and Dedham, Essex.] To which is +added a small Collection of detached Epitaphs, with a few notes on the +whole. Canterbury, 1794, 4to, pp. viii-549, with errata and indexes, 4 +pages, pp. 424-8, omitted. + + Mr. Parsons died at the College, at Wye, in 1812, at the age of + eighty-three. + +Peck, Francis, M.A. Desiderata Curiosa: or, a Collection of Divers Scarce +and Curious Pieces relating chiefly to Matters of English History; +consisting of Choice Tracts, Memoirs, Letters, Wills, Epitaphs, &c. +Transcribed, many of them, from the originals themselves, and the rest +from divers Ancient MS. copies, or the MS. Collections of Sundry Famous +Antiquaries and other Eminent Persons, both of the last and present Age. +The whole as far as possible digested into an order of time, and +illustrated with ample Notes, Contents, Additional Discourses, and a +complete Index. Adorned with cuts. A new edition, greatly corrected, with +some Memoirs of the Life and Writing of Mr. Peck. London: Printed for +Thomas Evans in the Strand, MDCCLXXIX., 2 vols., 4to. [With portrait and +nine plates.] + +Peirse, C. G. B. Riddles, Epitaphs, and Bon Mots. Designed by C. Grace, +1873, 4to. + +Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, F.R.S., F.S.A. Chronicles of the Tombs. A Select +Collection of Epitaphs, Preceded by an Essay on Epitaphs and other +Monumental Inscriptions, with Incidental Observations on Sepulchral +Antiquities. (Bohn's Antiq. Lib.,) 1857, 8vo, pp. v-529. + +Pope, Alexander, Epitaphs on Charles, Earl of Dorset; Sir William Trumbal; +Hon. S. Harcourt; James Craggs; Nicholas Rowe; Mrs. Corbet; Hon. Robert +and Mary Digby; Sir G. Kneller; Gen. Henry Withers; Elijah Fenton; Mr. +Gay; Sir I. Newton; F. Atterbury, D.D.; Edmund, Duke of Buckingham. +_Works, edited by Bishop Warburton_, 1770, 8vo, 9 vols. Vol. vi, pp. +85-103. + +Preparing for the End. _Chambers's Journal_, vol. 49, pp. 229-232. + +Pulleyn, William, Church-Yard Gleanings and Epigrams. London, n.d., [1830] +12mo. + +[Ranken, Peter]. Epitaphs: or, Church-yard Gleanings. "Better to have a +bad Epitaph when dead, than their ill report while living."--_Hamlet._ +Collected by Old Mortality, jun. London: Bemrose and Sons, and Ranken and +Co. n.d. [1874] 8vo, 184 pp. + +Richings, Benjamin. Original and Selected Epitaphs, with Essays. London: +Parker and Son, 1840. post 8vo. + +Robinson, Joseph R., Sculptor, Derby. Epitaphs, Collected from the +Cemeteries of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leicester, Sheffield, +Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Derby, &c. With Original and Selected +Epitaphs by Tennyson, Longfellow, Montgomery, Mrs. Hemans, Eliza Cook, +Wordsworth, Robert Nicholl, Chas. Mackay, Milman, Mrs. Norton, J. B. +Langley, Mrs. Sigourney, Mrs. Barbauld, Bernard, G. W. Longstaff, Alaric +Watts, &c. The whole collected and arranged. London, Atchley, 1859, 12mo., +208 pp. + +Rogers, Rev. Charles, LL.D. Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in +Scotland. Printed for the Grampian Club, 1871, 8vo, 2 vols. + + "Dr. Rogers has not merely collected the epitaphs and inscriptions on + the tombstones and monuments of Scotland, but he often gives + illustrative particulars of a biographical and historical character. + For this and similar things, his work must become a standard book of + reference."--_Glasgow Star._ + +S., H. L., and L. S. M. Epitaphs collected from Holy Writ, and our best +Authors on Sacred Subjects. Arranged and edited by G. B. Chaloner. London: +Atchley, 1868, 12mo. 200 pp. + +Sanderson, Robert. Lincoln Cathedral; an exact copy of all the Ancient +Monumental Inscriptions there, as they stood in MDCXLI; collected. And +compared with and corrected by Sir William Dugdale's MS. Survey. London, +1851, 8vo. + +Simpson, Joseph. A Collection of Curious, Interesting, and Facetious +Epitaphs, Monumental Inscriptions, &c. London: Published and sold by +Joseph Simpson; 1854, 8vo, 48 pp. + +Smart, Christopher. Poems on Several Occasions, viz., Munificence and +Modesty; Female Dignity; To Lady Hussey Delaval; Verses from Catullus; +After Dining with Mr. Murray; Epitaphs; &c. London, 1763, 4to. + +Smith, W. Browning. Epitaph. _Encyclopædia Brit._, ninth edition, vol. +viii, pp. 493-496. + +Snow, J. Lyra Memorialis; Original Epitaphs, &c., with an Essay by William +Wordsworth. London: Bell, 1847, 12mo. + + This is a second and an enlarged edition of his _Light in Darkness: + Churchyard Thoughts_, which was published in 1844. + +Tissington, Silvester. A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental +Inscriptions on the most Illustrious Persons of all Ages and Countries; +1857, 8vo, 530 pp. + +Toldervy, William. Select Epitaphs. London: Owen, 1755, 8vo, 2 vols. + +Tombs, Among the. _Household Words_, vol. 17, pp. 372-375. + +Tombstones, Inscriptions on. _Christian Remembrancer_, vol. 6, pp. 421. + +Trowsdale, Thomas Broadbent, F.R.H.S. A Visit to the Old Burial Ground in +Castle Street, Hull. Hull: Printed and Published by J. M. Taylor, 1878, +8vo, 8 pp. + + Reprinted from _The Hull Miscellany_. + +Wake, H. T. All the Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyards of Brigham +and Bridekirk, near Cockermouth, in the County of Cumberland, from 1666 to +1876. Cockermouth, 1878, 8vo. + +Walker, G. A., Surgeon. Gatherings from Grave Yards, Particularly those of +London: With a concise History of the Modes of Interment Among different +Nations, from the earliest periods. And a Detail of dangerous and fatal +results produced by the unwise and revolting custom of inhuming the Dead +in the midst of the Living. London: Longman and Co.; Nottingham, J. +Hicklin; 1839, 8vo, pp. xvii-258. [With an engraved title.] + +Webb, T. A New Select Collection of Epitaphs: Panegyrical and Moral, +Humorous, Whimsical, Satyrical, and Inscriptive. London, 1775, 12mo., 2 +vols. + +Weever, John. Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of +Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Ilands adiacent, with the dissolved +Monasteries therein contained; their Founders, and what eminent persons +have beene in the same interred; As also the Death and buriall of certaine +of the Bloud Roiall, the Nobilitie, and Gentrie of these Kingdomes +entombed in forraine Nations, with other matters mentioned in the insuing +Title. Composed by the Travels and Studie of John Weever. Spe labor leuis. +London: Printed by Tho: Harper, MDCXXXI. And are to be sold in Little +Britayne by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion. Fol., 871 pp. +[With Portrait and Engraved Title.] + +Westminster Abbey, The History and Antiquities of, and Henry VII's Chapel; +their Tombs, Ancient Monuments, and Inscriptions, &c. Illustrated. London, +1856, 4to. + +Wignell, J. A Collection of Original Pieces: consisting of Poems, +Prologues, Epilogues, Songs, Epistles, Epitaphs, &c. London, 1762, 8vo. + +Winchester Cathedral. Historical and Critical Account of, with a review of +the Monuments; 1801, 8vo, 148 pp. + + + + +Index. + + + Abdidge, John, 37. + + Abel, John, 155. + + Aberfeldy, Perthshire, 75. + + Abesford, 63. + + Adams, John, 39. + + Adams's, W. Davenport, "Dict. of Eng. Literature," quoted, 136. + + Adlington, 63, 64. + + Aliscombe, Devon., 45. + + Andrews's, W., "Historic Romance," quoted, 101. + + Anne, Queen, 76. + + Appleby, H. C., quoted, 128. + + Ardwick Cemetery, 98. + + Ashburton, 151. + + Ashford, Mr., 139. + + ----, Mary, Booker's epitaph on, 138. + + Ashover, Derby., 94. + + Audley's _Companion to the Almanac_, quoted, 62. + + Ault Hucknall, Derby., 22. + + Axon's, W. E. A., "Lancashire Gleanings," quoted, 137. + + Aylesbury, 39. + + + Bacchanalian Epitaphs, 54. + + Bagshaw, Samuel, 46. + + Bakers, Company of, 50. + + Bakewell, Derby., 3-6, 133, 152. + Church, 3, 4. + + Ball's, H. W. "The Social Hist. and Antiqs. of Barton-on-Humber," + quoted, 147. + + Barbadoes, 36. + + Barber, John, 127. + + Bardesley's, Rev. C. W. "Memorials of St. Anne's Church, Manchester," + quoted, 53. + + Barker, Christopher, 19. + + Barnstaple, 89. + + Barrow-on-Soar, Leicester., 88. + + Barton-on-Humber, 146-148; + Ball's "Social Hist. and Antiqs. of," quoted, 147; + King's Head Public House, 148; + St. Peter's Churchyard, 146. + + Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorks., 76. + + Baskerville, John, 18. + + Bath, 96; + Cathedral 97. + + Battersea, 67; + The Church at, 67. + + Battle, Sussex, Collection of Smoke money in, 61. + + Becke, Rev. John, 86. + + Beckley, 100. + + Bede, Cuthbert, see Bradley, Rev. E., B.A. + + Belbroughton, Worcester., 7, 8; + The Church at, 71. + + Bellem, Worcester. 7. + + Bellow, J. F., 116. + + Benson, Miss, 109. + + Berkely, Gloucester., 35. + + Berkshire, 131, 132. + + Beverley, Yorks., 98, 116; + The Minster, 69, 91; + St. Mary's Church, 98; + Tablet of two Danish Soldiers at, 116. + + Biffin, Sarah, 124, 125; + see also Wright, Mrs. + + Billinge, William, 65. + + Bingley, 11. + + Bingham, Notts., 3. + + Birmingham, 19. + + Birstal, 26. + + Blackett, John, 48. + + Bletchley, 89. + + Blidworth, 26-28; + Archer's Water, 27; + Forest, 29. + + Blidworth Rocking, 26, 28. + + Bloodworth, Sarah, see Dale, Sarah. + + Bodger, Samuel, 68. + + Bolsover, Derby., 35. + + Bolton, Lancashire, 120, 121. + + ----, Yorks., 112. + + Booker, Dr., epitaph on Mary Ashford, 138. + + Booth, Hannah, 92, 93. + + ----, John, 92, 93. + + ----, Tom, 24, 25. + + Bowes, Yorks., 145. + + Bradbury, Thomas, 139, 140. + + ----, William, 139, 140. + + Bradley, Rev. E., B.A., (Cuthbert Bede), quoted, 7. + + ----, W., the Yorkshire Giant, 121, 122. + + Breighmet, 121. + + Bremhill, Wiltshire, 66. + + Briscoe's, John D., "Hist. of Bolton," quoted, 120, 121. + + ----, J. Potter, 59, 141; + "Nottinghamshire Facts and Fictions" quoted, 59. + + Bridgeford-on-the-Hill, Notts., 37. + + Bridgnorth, 21. + + Briggs, Hezekiah, 11. + + Brighton, 70, 73; + Churchyard, 70; + Marine Parade, 73. + + Bristol, 50. + + Broadbent, John, 12. + + Broomsgrove, 38. + + Brown's, C., "Annals of Newark-upon-Trent," quoted, 130. + + Buck, J., 102, 105. + + Buckett, John. 56, 57. + + Buller, Rev. H., 39. + + Bullingham, 45. + + Bunney, 29. + + Burbage, Rich., 107. + + Burkitt, Jonathan, 147, 148. + + Burns's, Robert, epitaph on John Dove, 58. + + Burton, 144. + + ----, Joyce. 151. + + Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 17, 69, 150. + + Butler, Samuel, 98. + + ----, Samuel, author of "Hudibras," 125, 126; + O'Brien's epitaph on, 125; + Wesley's epigram on, 126. + + ----, Samuel W., 98, 99. + + Buttress, Jas. Epps, 79. + + Byfleet, 105. + + Byng, Admiral, 77, 78. + + Byrne, Simon, 30. + + Byron's, Lord, epitaph on John Adams, 39; + on John Blackett, 48. + + Bywater, Ann, 60. + + ----, John, 60. + + ----, John, son of above, 60. + + + Cadman,, a famous "flyer," 101. + + Callow, Rev. William, 8. + + Campbell, Capt. Patrick, 75. + + Carlyle, Thomas, 80. + + Carmichael, Capt. James, 72. + + Caroline, Queen, 105. + + Carter, S., 30. + + Cartwright, Henry, 23. + + Castleton, Derby., 154. + + Catherine, Queen of Henry VIII., 10. + + Cave, --., 88. + + ----, Edward, sen., 42. + + ----, Edward, jun., 42. + + ----, Jos., 42. + + ----, William, 42. + + Cave, South, 140. + + Caxton, William, 14. + + Chapman's Dr. Thos., epitaph on Henry Jenkins, 112. + + Chambers's, Dr. Robert, "Book of Days," quoted, 9, 10, 101, 105; + "Dom, Annals of Scotland," quoted, 114. + + _Chambers's Journal_, quoted, 111. + + Charles I., 113, 114, 128, 131. + + ---- II., 67, 113, 114, 133; + and Butler's "Hudibras," 126. + + Charlton, John, 21. + + Chatham, 59. + + Checkley, Stafford., 85. + + Chelsea Hospital, 66, 73. + + Chepstow, Monmouth., 130-133; + Castle, 131, 133; + Church, 132. + + Cheshire, 111. + + Chest, Rev. --., 132. + Downton's epitaph on, 132. + + Chester, 45. + + Chesterfield, Lord, 17. + + Chimney Money, see Smoke Money. + + Chiswick, 97. + + Clay, Hercules, 128, 129. + + ----, John, 63. + + ----, Mary, 63. + + ----, Thomas, 63, 64. + + Cleater, S,. 152. + + Clemetshaw, Henry, 91. + + Cliff, Elizabeth, 151. + + Clifton, Gloucester., 97. + + Clockmakers, The Company of, and the restoration of Harrison's tomb at + Hampstead, 36. + + Cocks, Rev. Chas. S., 8. + + Cole, William, Dean of Lincoln, 87, 88. + + Collison, David, 81. + + Colton, Stafford., 46. + + Corby, Lincoln., 50. + + Corser, Annie, 134. + + ----, Henry, 134. + + Corsica, Theodore, King of, 135. + + Cotton, Rev. John, 16. + + Coventry, 20; + St. Michael's Churchyard, 20, 29. 31. + + _Coventry Mercury_, quoted, 20. + + Crackles, Thomas, 80. + + Crayford, 1. + + Creton, 151. + + Crich, Derby., 43. + + Crompton, Jas., 121. + + ----, Mary, 121. + + Cromwell, Oliver, 113, 132. + + Cruker, John, 48. + + Culloden, 110. + + + Dale, Elizabeth, (neé Foljambe), 133. + + ----, John, 133, 134. + + ----, Sarah, (neé Bloodworth) 133, 134. + + Danish Soldiers, Tablet of the, at Beverley, 116, 119. + + Darfield, Barnsley, 155. + + Darlington, 13. + + Darnbrough, William, 11, 12. + + Darneth, Dartford, 59. + + Dart, Rose, 89. + + Dartmoor, 33. + + Dartmouth, 76. + + Davidson, Lieut. Alex., 78. + + ----, Harriet, 78. + + Day, William, 86. + + Deal, 78. + + Deans, Jeannie, 27. + + Defoe's, Daniel, "Robinson Crusoe," quoted, 136. + + Delamoth, Mrs. Jane, 153. + + Depledge, Thos., 156. + + Dibdin, Rev. T. F., D.D., quoted, 10. + + Dickinson, Mr., 110. + + Dinsdale's, Dr. F., F.S.A., "Ballads and Songs of David Mallet," quoted, + 146. + + Dixon, George. 22. + + Dove, John, 58. + + Downton's epitaph on Rev. --., Chest, 132. + + Dublin, 16. + + Duck, S., 102, 105, 106; + Swift's epigram on, 105. + + Dudley, Worcester, 138. + + Dundas, Lord, 108. + + Dunton, Bucks., 39. + + Eakring, Notts., 23. + + Easton, William, 80. + + Ecclesfield Churchyard, 23. + + Edinburgh, 17, 27. + + Edmonds, John, 77. + + Edwalton, 59. + + Edward VI., 113. + + Elizabeth, Queen, 19, 113, 114. + + Ellenborough, Lord, 139. + + Empedocles, quoted, 84. + + EPITAPHS, BACCHANALIAN, 54; + Miscellaneous, 150; + Punning, 84; + Typographical, 14; + On Actors and Musicians, 90; + Bakers, 49, 50; + A Blacksmith, 43; + Booksellers, 40-42; + A Builder, 45; + Carpenters, 46, 50; + Carriers, 39; + A Coachman, 39; + A Dyer, 47; + Engineers, 37-38; + Gardeners, 51-52; + A Mason, 46; + Musicians and Actors, 90; + Notable Persons, 108; + Parish Clerks, 1; + Potters, 44-5; + Publicans, 54-56; + Sailors and Soldiers, 65; + Sextons and Parish Clerks, 1; + Shoemakers, 48; + Soldiers and Sailors, 65; + Sportsmen, 21; + Tradesmen, 33; + Watchmakers, 33-37; + Weavers, 47. + + Eton, 60. + + Evans's, John, "Life of S. W. Butler," quoted, 99. + + Eyre and Spottiswood, printers, 19. + + ----, Vincent, 141, 142; + Briscoe's account of, 141. + + + Falkirk, Scotland, 110. + + Faulder, George, alderman and printer of Dublin, 16, 17. + + Fawfield Head, Stafford., 65. + + Ferrensby, 111. + + Field, Joseph, 84, 85. + + ----, Theophilus, 85. + + FitzHerbert, Ralph, 7. + + FitzOsborne, William, 7. + + Flamborough Head, 82. + + Flixton, Lancash., 92. + + Flockton, Thos., 12, 13. + + Foljambe, Elizabeth, see Dale, Elizabeth. + + Folkestone, Kent, 61. + + Fort William Cemetery, 75. + + Fotheringay, 11. + + Foulby, Yorks., 36. + + Fountain Dale Cross, 28. + + Fox, Henry, 47. + + Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, 15, 16. + + ----, Deborah, 16. + + Freland, Mrs. 59. + + + Garrick, David, 96; + Epitaph on William Hogarth, 97, 98; + on Jas. Quin, 97. + + Gedge, L., 17. + + _Gentleman's Magazine_, quoted, 5, 6, 42, 115. + + George II., 105. + + ---- III., 125. + + ---- IV., 70. + + Germany, 121. + + Gibraltar, 73. + + Gillingham, 99. + + Gloucester, 57. + + _Gloucester Notes and Queries_, quoted, 136. + + Gloucestershire, 127; + St. Peter Abbey, 128. + + Goëthe, J. W., quoted, 80. + + Golding, Samuel, 73. + + ----, Phoebe, see Hessel. + + Goldsmith, Thos., 76. + + Grainge's, William, "Yorkshire Longevity," quoted, 111. + + Grantham, Lincoln., 147-148. + + Gray, Catherine, 45. + + ----, Robert, 49; + his Hospital, 49. + + Greenfield, 139. + + Greenwich, Kent, 56; + The Pig and Whistle Public House, 56. + + Griffiths, Geo., 68. + + Grindon, Stafford., 156. + + _Guardian, The_, quoted, 87. + + Guy, John, 127. + + + Hackett, Robert, 22. + + Haddon Hall, Derby., 5. + + Haigh, Brian, 152. + + ----, John, 152. + + ----, Martha, 152. + + Hall, Micah, 154. + + Hamilton, 83. + + Hampstead, Middx., 35. + + Hampsthwaite, Yorks., 122. + + Hanslope, Bucks., 30. + + Harding-Booth, 46. + + Hardwick Park, 22. + + Harrison, John, the Inventor, 36. + + ----, William, 81. + + Harrogate, 109-111. + + Hart, Thomas, 3. + + Hartwith Chapel, Nidderdale, 11. + + Haselton, Mary. 150. + + Hawksworth's, Dr., epitaph on Joseph Cave, 42. + + Hayley, W., 43. + + Henry VII., 113. + + ---- VIII., 7, 113. + + Hereford, 85, 155; + Cathedral, 85. + + Hessel, Phoebe, 70-75. + + Hessle, Hull, 47. + + Heywood, John, 46. + + Highgate Cemetery, 30. + + Hill, Otwell, D.D., 87. + + Hilton Castle, Durham, 101. + + Hilton's John. Fool, 101. + + Hinde, Thomas, 35. + + Hippisley, John, 97. + + Hiseland, William, 66. + + Hobson, --, University Carrier, 39-40. + + Hogarth, William, 97, 98, 101; + Garrick's epitaph on, 97, 98. + + Horncastle, 83. + + Hornsea, 86. + + Howard, John, 53. + + Hughenden Churchyard, 127. + + Hulm, John, 20. + + Hurtle, F., 8. + + Hull, 60, 80, 84, 116, 119, 140; + Castle Street Burial Ground, 60; + Field, Jos., twice mayor of, 84, 85; + Hessle Road Cemetery, 80; + Holy Trinity Church, 84, 91; + St. Mary's Church, Sculcoates, 153. + + Hythe Churchyard, Kent, epitaph on a Fishmonger in, 32. + + + Indies, East, 73. + + Indies, West, 73. + + Inglott, William, 90. + + Ireland, 121. + + Isnell, Peter, 1, 2. + + + Jackson, Thos., 100. + + James I., 113, 132. + + Jenkins, Henry, 112, 113; + Dr. Chapman's epitaph on, 112-113. + + Jerrold's, D., epitaph on Chas. Knight, 107. + + Jewitt, Llewellynn, F.S.A., quoted, 3. + + Jobling, Mrs. C, 124. + + Jones, Edward, printer, 14, 15. + + ----, John, 128. + + Joy, Richard, "Kentish Samson," 123. + + Juan Fernandez, Island of, 135. + + + Kettlethorpe, Lincoln., 86. + + Kew, Surrey, 105. + + Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon, 10. + + Kingston, Duke of, 23. + + Kirk Hallam, Derby., 152. + + Knaresborough, 108, 109, 110; + Blind Jack of, 108-111. + + Knight, Chas., Jerrold's epitaph on, 107. + + Knighton, South Wales, 155. + + + Lackington, James, 41. + + Lambert, Daniel, the Lincolnshire Giant, 122, 123. + + ----, Geo., 91. + + Lambeth, 52. + + Lancashire, 111. + + Largo, Fife, 135. + + Leake, Thomas, 26-29. + + Leeds, 12. + + Leek, Stafford., 156. + + Leen, river, 24. + + Leicester, 122. + + Leominster, 155. + + Lillyard, Miss, 116. + + Lillyard's Edge, Battle of, 115. + + Lillington, Dorset., 87. + + Lillywhite, the Cricketer, 30. + + Lincoln, 87; + Cathedral, 87. + + Lincolnshire, 142, 143. + + Lisbon, 36. + + Liverpool, 55, 124; + St. James's Cemetery, 124. + + Llandaff, South Wales, 85. + + London, 27, 36, 39, 49, 57, 62, 101, 114, 121, 126, 127; + Boar's Head Tavern, Great Eastcheap, 62; + Covent Garden Churchyard, epitaph of John Taylor, the Water Poet in, + 57; + King's Bench Prison, 135; + King's College Hospital, 102; + Phoenix Alley, 57; + Portugal Street, 101; + Red Lion Square, 36; + St. Anne's Churchyard, Soho, 134; + St. Clement Danes Burial ground, 101; + St. Michael's Church, 62; + St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, 125; + The Savoy, 14; + Tothill Fields, 139; + Westminster Abbey, 11, 14, 96, 126. + + Longnor, Stafford, 46, 65. + + Luton Churchyard, Bedford, 22. + + Lydford, Dartmoor, 33. + + + Macbeth, John, 93, 94. + + McKay, Sandy, the Scottish Giant, 30. + + Malibran, Madame, 95. + + Mallet's ballad of "Edwin and Emma," quoted, 145-146; + "Ballads and Songs," quoted, 146. + + Manchester, 110. + + "Manchester Lit. Club Papers," quoted, 99. + + Market Weighton, 121. + + Marlborough, Duke of, 65. + + Marten, Sir Henry, 132. + + ----, Henry, 131, 132, 133. + + Martin, John, 51. + + Mary, Queen, 113, 114. + + Masham, Yorks., 122; + Swinton Hall, 122. + + Mauchline, Scotland, 58. + + Mawer, Hannah, 148. + + ----, Rev. John, D.D., 148. + + Maxton, Scotland, 116. + + Medford, Grace, 89. + + Merlin's Cave, Richmond Park, 105 + + Melton-Mowbray, Leicester., 61. + + "Mercury Hawkers in Mourning, The," quoted, 15. + + Merrett, Thos., 133. + + Metcalf, John, Blind Jack of Knaresborough, 108-111. + + Micklehurst, Chester, 60. + + Middleditch, William, 69. + + Middleton Tyas, Richmond, 148. + + Miller, Joe, 101-105. + + Mills, John, 21. + + Minskip, 111. + + Morgan, Meredith, 92. + + Morley's Henry "Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair," quoted, 124-125. + + Morton, Earl of, 124, 125. + + Morville, Bridgnorth, 21. + + Mottram, Chester, 22. + + + New Forest, Hants., Collection of Smoke Money in, 62. + + Newark, Notts., 128, 129. + + Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2; + All Saints Church, 2. + + Newhaven, Sussex, 54. + + Newport, Monmouth., 93; + Old Cemetery, The, 93. + + Newton, George, 22. + + Nidderdale, 11. + + Norris, Admiral, 73. + + Norwich, 90; + Cathedral, 90. + + _Notes and Queries_, quoted, 62. + + Nottingham, 24; + Park, 24; + St. Nicholas' burial ground, 24. + + "Nottingham Date Book," quoted, 24. + + + O'Brien's, Mr., epitaph on Samuel Butler, 125. + + Ockham, Surrey, 50. + + Okey, John, 121. + + Ollerton, Notts., 55. + + Orange, Prince of, 116. + + Orford, H. Walpole, Earl of, 134. + + Osborne, --, 7. + + Ostler, Miss, 148. + + Oxford, 48; + Ashmolean Museum, 52. + + + Pady, James, 45. + + Pannal, Yorks., 55. + + PARISH CLERKS AND SEXTONS, EPITAPHS ON, 1. + + Parker, --, engine-driver, 39. + + Parkes, John, 29, 30. + + Parkyns, Thomas, 29 + + Parr, Edward, 69. + + Pateley Bridge Church registers, 12. + + Pausanias, 84. + + Pearce, Dickey, Dean Swift's epitaph on, 100. + + ----, General, 73. + + Pegge, Rev. Samuel, 6. + + Peirce, Thomas, watchmaker, 35. + + Pennecuik's, Alex., epitaph on Marjory Scott, 114, 115. + + Peterborough, Northampton, 9, 88; + Cathedral, 9, 88. + + Pettigrew's, T. J., "Chronicles of the Tombs," quoted, 61. + + Philadelphia, Christ Church, 16. + + Phillpot, Geo., 79. + + Pickering, Robert, 81. + + Pickford, Rev. John, M.A., on the death of two Danish Soldiers at + Beverley, 116. + + Plumtree, John, 141. + + Plymouth, Devon., 73. + + Pope, Alex., 106. + + Portsmouth, Hants., 78. + + Portugal, 51. + + ----, Don John Emanuel, King of, 51; + Martin, John, his natural son, 51. + + Preston, Lancash., 136. + + ----, Richard, 13. + + ----, Robert, waiter at the Boar's Head Tavern, London, 62. + + Price, E. B., on restoration of Northampton Church, 62. + + Prissick, Geo., 47. + + Pritchard, Mrs., 96. + + Pryme, A. de la, on the Danes, 119, 120. + + PUNNING EPITAPHS, 84. + + Putney, Surrey, 78. + + + Quantox Head, Somerset., 124. + + Quin, Jas., Garrick's epitaph on, 97. + + + Railton, Martha, 145, 146. + + Ramillies, 65. + + Ratcliffe-on-Soar, 3. + + Raw, Frank, 2. + + Reader, Mr., 139. + + Ridge, Thomas, 23. + + Ridsdale, George, 122. + + ----, Isabella, 122. + + ----, Jane, the Yorkshire Dwarf, 122. + + Roe, Charles, 4. + + ----, Dorothy, 4, 5. + + ----, Millicent, 4. + + ----, Philip, 6, 7. + + ----, Samuel, 4, 5, 6. + + ----, Sarah, wife of Samuel, 4. + + ----, Sarah, wife of Philip, 7. + + Rogers, Rebecca, 61. + + Rooke, Sir Geo., 65. + + Ross's, F., F.R.H.S., "Celebrities of the Yorkshire Wolds," quoted, 121. + + Rotherham, Yorks., 49. + + Rothwell, Yorks., 12. + + Routleigh, Geo., 33. + + Rudder's, Samuel, "History of Gloucestershire," quoted, 136. + + ----, Roger, see Rutter. + + Rugby, Warwick., 42. + + Rutter, John, 136. + + ----, Roger, (_alias_ Rudder), 136. + + + Saddleworth, Yorks., 12, 139. + + St. David's, South Wales, 85. + + Salisbury Wilts., 31. + + Salmond, Capt., 28. + + Salterford, 28. + + Sanderson's, Bp., "Survey of Lincoln Cathedral," quoted, 87. + + Sands, Rev. Samuel, 148. + + Sarnesfield, Weobley, 155. + + Scarborough, 81. + + Scarle, North, Lincoln., 69. + + Scarlett, William, 9, 10. + + Scatchard, Thomas, 140. + + Scotland, 110, 114, 115, 135. + + Scots, Mary, Queen of, 11. + + Scott, John, 55. + + ----, Marjory, 114; + Alex. Pennecuik's epitaph on, 114, 115. + + ----, Sir W., "Tales of a Grandfather," quoted, 115; + "Anne of Geierstein," quoted, 119. + + Scrope, Capt. Gervase, 31. + + ----, family, of Bolton, Yorks., 31. + + Seaham, Durham, 48. + + Selby, Yorks., 2, 77. + + Selkirk, Alex., 135, 136. + + Shakespeare, William, 96, 97, 107. + + Sheahan's J. J., "Hist. of Hull," quoted, 153. + + Sheffield, 40; + Trinity Churchyard, 40. + + Short-hand, Inscription in, in St. Mary's Church, Sculcoates, Hull, 153. + + Shrewsbury, 101; + St. Julian's Church, 134; + St. Mary Friars, 101. + + Shullcross, P., 154. + + Silkstone, Yorks., 44. + + Simpson, Jeremiah, 140. + + Slater, Joseph, watchmaker, 34. + + Sleaford, Lincoln., 47. + + Smith, Isaac, 68. + + ----, Robert, 3; + Richard, 40. + + Smoke Money, or Chimney Money, Collection of, in Battle, and the New + Forest, 61, 62. + + Southam, Warwick., 148; + Church, 148. + + South-Hill, Bedford., 77. + + Southwell, Notts., 39. + + Spalding, Joseph, 76. + + Sparke, Mrs. Rose, 89. + + _Spectator, The_, quoted, 30, 78. + + Spencer, Earl, K.G., President of the Roxburghe Club, 14. + + Spofforth, Yorks., 108, 111. + + Spong, see Sprong. + + _Sportive Wit: The Muses' Merriment_, quoted, 57. + + SPORTSMEN, EPITAPHS ON, 21. + + Spottiswood, Eyre &, printers, 19. + + Sprong, John, 50. + + Stalybridge, 22. + + Stamford, Lincoln., 122. + St. Martin's Church, 122, 123. + + Stockbridge, Hants., 56; + King's Head Inn, 65. + + Stockport, Chester., 111. + + Stokes, Thomas, "Dumb Tom," 144. + + Stoney Middleton, 95. + + Straker, Daniel, 116. + + Street, Amos, 25, 26. + + Strutt, Matthew, 152. + + Suffolk, Earl of, 100. + + Sutherland, Duke of, 93. + + Sutton Coldfield, Warwick., 137. + + Swain's, Charles, epitaph on S. W. Butler, 99. + + Swift's, Dean, 17, 100, 105; + epigram on S. Duck, 105, 106; + epitaph on Dickey Pearce, 100. + + ----, George, 95. + + ----, --, 95. + + ----, Margaret, 95. + + + Taunton, Somerset., 49. + + Tawton, Devon., 89. + + Taylor, Hannah, 44. + + ----, John 44. + + ----, John, The Water Poet, 57, 58. + + Teanby, W., 142, 143. + + Teetotal; W. E. A. Axon, on the origin of the word, 137; + R. Turner, author of the word, 137. + + Tennis Ball, introduced in an epitaph, 31. + + Tewkesbury, Gloucester., 133; + Abbey, 133. + + Thackerey, Joseph, 55. + + Thanet, Isle of, 123; + St. Peter's Churchyard, 123. + + Thetcher, Thomas, 64. + + Thompson, Francis, 55. + + Thornton, A., 138, 139. + + ----, Col., 110. + + Thorsby on Tom Booth's exploits, 24. + + Tideswell, Derby., 152. + + Tiffey, Jack, 89. + + _Times, The_, quoted, 35. + + Tipper, Thomas, 54. + + Tonbridge, see Tunbridge + + Tonson, Jacob, printer and bookseller, 15. + + Tradescent, John, 52. + + Tradescants, 52. + + Trowsdale, T. B., F.R.H.S., quoted, 130-133. + + Tunbridge Wells, (Tonbridge) 59. + + Turar, Thomas, 50. + + Turner, Richard, 136, 137; + author of the word "Teetotal," 137. + + Turpin, Dick, 27. + + TYPOGRAPHICAL EPITAPHS, 14. + + + Uley, Gloucester., 136. + + Upton-on-Severn, 56. + + Uttoxeter, Stafford., 34; + Churchyard, 34. + + + Wakefield, 90. + + Wales, 92. + + Walford, Edward, M.A., quoted, 35, 36. + + Walker, Ann, 37. + + ----, Benjamin, 37. + + ----, John, 37; + William, 82. + + Wall, David, 94. + + Wallas, Robert, 2. + + Warren, Borlase, 141. + + Warwick, 137, 138. + + Weem, Scotland, 75. + + Welton, 140. + + Wendesley tomb, 6. + + Wesley's, S., epigram on Samuel Butler, 126. + + Westminster Abbey, 11, 14, 96, 126. + + Westminster, St. Margaret's Church, 14. + + Weston, 47. + + Whalley, Lancash., 137. + + Whitehall, Rev. James, 85. + + Whitaker's, T. D., LL.D., epitaph on John Wigglesworth, 137. + + Whitsun Farthings, or Smoke Money, 62. + + Whittaker, William, 77. + + Whittington, Derby., 6. + + Whitworth, Rev. R. H., quoted, 26. + + Wigglesworth, John, Whitaker's epitaph on, 137. + + William IV., 125. + + William, Adam, printer, 17, 18. + + Wimbledon, Surrey, 51. + + Winchester, Hants., 64. + + Wingfield, North, Derby., 63. + + Winterton, 142; + Church, the School in the vestry of, 142. + + Wirksworth, Derby., 153. + + Wolverley, Worcester., 8. + + Woodbridge, Suffolk, 76. + + Worme, Sir Richard, 88. + + Worrall, James, 8. + + ----, Thomas, 8. + + Wright, Joe. + + ----, Mrs., (Sarah Biffin) 125. + + Wrightson, Rodger, 145, 146. + + Wycombe, High, Bucks., 37, 127. + + Wynter, Sir Edward, 67, 68. + + + Yarmouth, 32, 47, 68; + St. Nicholas' Church, 47. + + York, 110, 151. + + Yorkshire, 111, 145; + Beverley, 98, 116; + Bolton, 112; + Bowes, 145; + Darlington, 13; + Ecclesfield, 23; + Foulby, 36; + Hampsthwaite, 122; + Harrogate, 109-111; + Hartwith Chapel, 11; + Hessle, 47; + Hornsea, 86; + Knaresborough 108-110; + Leeds, 12, 110; + Market Weighton, 121; + Masham, 122; + Middleton Tyas, 148; + Nidderdale, 11; + Pannal, 55; + Pateley Bridge, 12; + Rotherham, 49; + Rothwell, 12; + Saddleworth, 12, 139; + Scarborough, 81; + Selby, 2; + Sheffield, 40; + Silkstone, 44; + Spofforth, 108, 111; + Wakefield, 90; + Welton, 140. + + +[Illustration] + + +_Charles Henry Barnwell, Printer, 9, Savile Street, Hull._ + + + + +WORKS BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. + + +HISTORIC ROMANCE. + +Strange Stories, Characters, Scenes, Mysteries, and Memorable Events in +the History of Old England. + +In his present work Mr. Andrews has traversed a wider field than in his +last book "Historic Yorkshire," but it is marked by the same painstaking +care for accuracy, and also by the pleasant way in which he popularises +strange stories and out-of-the-way scenes in English history. 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